Out of the Woods, But Not Over the Hill - Softcover

Phinn, Gervase

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1445858258 ISBN 13: 9781445858258

Publisher: Paragon

Synopsis

For Gervase Phinn growing old is not about a leisurely walk to the pub for a game of dominoes or snoozing in his favourite armchair. Looking back over more than 60 years of family life, teaching, inspecting schools, writing and public speaking, Gervase never fails to unearth humour, character, warmth and wisdom from the most diverse of experiences, whether they be growing up in Rotherham with the most un-Yorkshire-like of names or describing why loud mobile phone users get his goat. Brimming with nostalgia, gently mocking life's absurdities, never shy of an opinion, this is Gervase Phinn at his wittiest, twinkly-eyed best.

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About the Author

Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance lecturer, author, poet, school inspector, educational consultant, and visiting professor of education. For 14 years he taught in a range of schools, then acted as General Adviser for Language Development in Rotherham before moving on to North Yorkshire, where he spent ten years as a school inspector—time that has provided much source material for his books.

Review

For those of us of a certain age, Out of the Woods but not Over the Hill is a wonderfully cheering title. When Gervase Phinn receives his peerage for services to good-heartedness, this will be the motto on his coat of arms: "Ex silvis sed non supra montem."... This entertaining and moving homework earns a good few merit marks. Gervase Phinn is not going downhill yet, by a long chalk on a blackboard―Independent, Jonathan Sale

Packed with hilarious yarns on family, growing up and growing old, this is a marvellous book―Express

About this edition

• Publisher: Paragon
• ISBN 10: 1445858258
• ISBN 13: 9781445858258
• Binding: Paperback