Alone in the Classroom by Elizabeth Hay

Alone in the Classroom by Elizabeth Hay

In a small prairie school in 1929, Connie Flood helps a backward student, Michael Graves, learn how to read. Observing them and darkening their lives is the principal, Parley Burns, whose strange behaviour culminates in an attack so disturbing its repercussions continue to the present day. Connie's niece, Anne, tells the story. Impelled by curiosity about her dynamic, adventurous aunt and her more conventional mother, she revisits Connie's past and her mother's broken childhood. In the process she unravels the enigma of Parley Burns and the mysterious, and unrelated, deaths of two young girls.

'The villain, Principal Parley Burns, who moves through the school 'like mustard gas in subtle form', is one of the most memorable villains I've ever encountered' Laura Wilson, Guardian* Guardian *
'Unforgettable characters, in particular the brave, resolute Connie Flood' Jessica Mann, Literary Review. * Literary Review *
'A highly accomplished and resourceful writer' Paul Binding, Spectator. * Spectator *

ELIZABETH HAY is the author of the #1 bestseller Late Nights on Air (2008), which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her other works include Alone in the Classroom (2012) and His Whole Life (2015). In 2002, she received the prestigious Marian Engel Award, and for All Things Consoled she was the winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Award for Non-fiction. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.

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ISBN 13	9780857386434
ISBN 10	0857386433
Title	Alone in the Classroom
Author	Elizabeth Hay
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quercus Publishing
Year published	2013-08-29
Number of pages	272
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