Happiest Days
Price
$12.13
Format
Paperback
Pages
336
Publisher
Corgi
Publication Date
December 26, 2017
ISBN-13
978-0552171588
Dimensions
5.05 x 0.85 x 7.78 inches
Weight
8.5 ounces
Description
Jack Sheffield was born in 1945 and grew up in the tough environment of Gipton Estate, in North East Leeds. After a job as a 'pitch boy', repairing roofs, he became a Corona Pop Man before going to St John's College, York, and training to be a teacher. In the late 70s and 80s, he was a headteacher of two schools in North Yorkshire before becoming Senior Lecturer in primary education at Bretton Hall near Wakefield. It was at this time he began to record his many amusing stories of village life. He lives in York and Hampshire.Visit his website at www.jacksheffield.com
Features & Highlights
- It’s 1986 and Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley village school for his tenth roller-coaster year as headteacher.
- It’s the year of Thatcher’s third election victory,
- Dynasty
- and shoulder pads,
- Neighbours
- and a Transformer for Christmas. And at Ragley-on-the-Forest School, a year of surprises is in store. Ruby the Caretaker find happiness at last, Vera the Secretary makes an important decision, a new teacher is appointed and a disaster threatens the school.
- Meanwhile Jack receives unexpected news, and is faced with the biggest decision of his career . . .
- Readers love Jack Sheffield:
- 'Wry observation and heartwarming humour in equal measure' Alan Titchmarsh'Overflowing with amusing anecdotes'
- Daily Express
- 'Amusing adventures at the North Yorkshire village school'
- Choice
- 'Jack Sheffield's in a class of his own'
- York Press
