GABBIE STROUD for the things that matter most
Beaumaris Books
In association with Allen & Unwin
Proudly presents an evening with
GABBIE STROUD
For her brand new novel
the things that matter most
When: Thurs 24th Aug 2023, 7.30pm
Where: GINGER FOX
23-25 South Concourse, Beaumaris
Cost: Book & ticket together for just $45
Also includes admission & finger food.
Beverages at bar prices.
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*Only one specially priced book per ticket
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Ticket Only $30
Phone: 0422 522 007
E-mail: events@beaumarisbooks.com.au
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The things that matter most A moving and compelling novel about teachers and their students by the acclaimed author of the bestselling books Teacher and Dear Parents.
Lionel Merrick stumbled into my heart like a kid late for class, then the whole book swept in after him ... gut-wrenching and important.' –Trent Dalton, bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe
‘A real page-turner and heartbreaker, it will leave you aching with appreciation for the work good teachers do.' – Alice Pung, author of One Hundred Days and Laurinda
The staff of St Margaret's Primary School are hanging by a thread. There's serious litigation pending, the school is due for registration, and a powerful parent named Janet Bellevue has a lot to say about everything. As teachers they're trying to remain professional, as people they're unravelling fast.
Thank goodness for kids like Lionel Merrick. Lionel is the student who steals your heart and makes the whole teaching gig worthwhile: he's cheerful, likeable, helpful - and devoted to his little sister Lacey. But Lionel has a secret of his own.
As his future slides from vulnerable to dangerous, will someone from St Margaret's realise before it's too late?
As secrets threaten to be exposed and working demands increase, each staff member struggles to recall the things that matter most.
GABBIE STROUD is a freelance writer and novelist and recovering teacher. After years of juggling the demands of the primary classroom, she made the painful decision to leave the profession she had loved.
In 2016, her critical commentary of Australia's education system was published in Griffith Review's Edition 51 Fixing the System, which went on to be shortlisted for a Walkley Award.
Gabbie's smash-hit memoir Teacher was shortlisted for Biography Book of the Year at the 2018 ABIA Awards and continues to contribute to the national dialogue on education.
In 2020 her book, Dear Parents, offered a passionate call to arms for all parents.