| Primary Instinct Contributor(s): Reiter, David P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1921479027 ISBN-13: 9781921479021 Publisher: Interactive Press OUR PRICE: $20.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Like every primary teacher, Cherry Kaufman had her ideals-once. You put in the hours, get the degree and hope your first job isn't a five hour drive west of Blackbutt. She knew it wouldn't all be long summer breaks and the adoration of grateful parents. But nothing prepared her for the "challenges" of teaching at Bayside State School, not to mention what her colleagues would get up to after school hours... In his second novel, satirist David Reiter does for the Australian education system what the BBC series Teachers did for the British system. Do you know what happens beyond your child's school-gate and the latest feel-good newsletter? Here's the scoop! |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 823.3 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Like every primary teacher, Cherry Kaufman had her ideals-once. You put in the hours, get the degree and hope your first job isn't a five hour drive west of Blackbutt. She knew it wouldn't all be long summer breaks and the adoration of grateful parents. But nothing prepared her for the "challenges" of teaching at Bayside State School, not to mention what her colleagues would get up to after school hours... In his second novel, satirist David Reiter does for the Australian education system what the BBC series Teachers did for the British system. Do you know what happens beyond your child's school-gate and the latest feel-good newsletter? Here's the scoop |
Contributor Bio(s): Reiter, David: - David Reiter is an award-winning poet and writer of fiction, His fourth book, HEMINGWAY IN SPAIN, was shortlisted for the 1998 Adelaide Festival Awards. His previous fiction includes Triangles, which was shortlisted for the 2000 Steele Rudd Award, Sharpened Knife, a multimedia murder mystery, and his cafe society satire Liars and Lovers. His chapter book series for kids is entitled Project Earthmend, with The Greenhouse Effect published by Lothian Books (Hachette-Livre) in 2004 and Global Cooling (IP Kidz, 2008). Real Guns, a children's picture book, was illustrated by Irish artist Patrick Murphy, and a multimedia CD anthology. David has been writer-in-residence at a number of places, most recently Bundanon (the Arthur Boyd property), and in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Michael King Centre during February-March 2008, where this novel was completed. |