The Life that Jack Built - Secrets of a School Teacher
It is the early 1940s; Jack is a young man leaving university at odds with himself. Set aside from his peers fighting in the Second World War he tries to make a career in banking but finding himself a square peg in a round hole, decided to enter the teaching profession which takes him to urban and rural schools in post war Britain. This is the story of his many escapades. It is the tale of how he handles work, romantic attachments and manages to wriggle out of the tightest of situations. Jack's story is true of all of us who go through life searching.
Then suddenly opportunity knocks for him – it is an opportunity you'd have to be mad to take –he takes the plunge, but at the end he is in for a surprise.
'The Life that Jack Built' teaches us about the demons within ourselves and makes us question if destiny is mapped out for us all.
A fascinating and heart-warming tale that is personal, historical and humorous with moments of passion, pathos and fear.

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The Life that Jack Built - Secrets of a School Teacher
It is the early 1940s; Jack is a young man leaving university at odds with himself. Set aside from his peers fighting in the Second World War he tries to make a career in banking but finding himself a square peg in a round hole, decided to enter the teaching profession which takes him to urban and rural schools in post war Britain. This is the story of his many escapades. It is the tale of how he handles work, romantic attachments and manages to wriggle out of the tightest of situations. Jack's story is true of all of us who go through life searching.
Then suddenly opportunity knocks for him – it is an opportunity you'd have to be mad to take –he takes the plunge, but at the end he is in for a surprise.
'The Life that Jack Built' teaches us about the demons within ourselves and makes us question if destiny is mapped out for us all.
A fascinating and heart-warming tale that is personal, historical and humorous with moments of passion, pathos and fear.

Book reviews online: Published Bestsellers @ www.publishedbestsellers.com
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The Life that Jack Built - Secrets of a School Teacher

The Life that Jack Built - Secrets of a School Teacher

by John Butler
The Life that Jack Built - Secrets of a School Teacher

The Life that Jack Built - Secrets of a School Teacher

by John Butler

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Overview

It is the early 1940s; Jack is a young man leaving university at odds with himself. Set aside from his peers fighting in the Second World War he tries to make a career in banking but finding himself a square peg in a round hole, decided to enter the teaching profession which takes him to urban and rural schools in post war Britain. This is the story of his many escapades. It is the tale of how he handles work, romantic attachments and manages to wriggle out of the tightest of situations. Jack's story is true of all of us who go through life searching.
Then suddenly opportunity knocks for him – it is an opportunity you'd have to be mad to take –he takes the plunge, but at the end he is in for a surprise.
'The Life that Jack Built' teaches us about the demons within ourselves and makes us question if destiny is mapped out for us all.
A fascinating and heart-warming tale that is personal, historical and humorous with moments of passion, pathos and fear.

Book reviews online: Published Bestsellers @ www.publishedbestsellers.com

Product Details

BN ID: 2940149398348
Publisher: Pneuma Springs Publishing
Publication date: 11/07/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 338
File size: 834 KB

About the Author

After leaving university John tried to make a career in banking but finding himself a square peg in a round hole, decided to enter the teaching profession. In his forty years of teaching, he has taught all ages from infants to 6th form, eventually becoming a headmaster.
As secretary of his local teachers’ union he was involved with reports and political matters in education.
On retirement he started a course of lectures for the W.E.A and Sheffield University, teaching creative writing to adults.
He had a short story accepted by a Chicago magazine and the Daily Mail published his account of the death and resurrection of Oscar, his children’s goldfish.
He has travelled to many places in the world. On its sesquicentennial anniversary he followed the route of the Oregan Trail. He has also travelled extensively through the USSR, in Europe and the Road to Samarkand. And of course Ireland!
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