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 ‘Gervase
Phinn has become one of Britain’s best-loved comic
writer’
Daily Mail
Road to the Dales
The Story of a Yorkshire Lad
BY GERVASE PHINN
25 March 2010, Michael Joseph, Hardback, £18.99
Road to the Dales is Gervase
Phinn’s warm, comical and touching NEW MEMOIR,
offering a unique window into his own childhood… |
Gervase Phinn’s books of
reminiscences about life as a school inspector in
the Yorkshire Dales have won him legions of fans
and have sold an incredible 1.3 million copies.
Road to the Dales is a snapshot of growing up
in Yorkshire in the 1950s. Look back with Gervase,
and share in his personal journey - of school
days and holidays as well as his tentative steps
into the adult world.
Devour numerous uproarious stories including
the incident involving a broken greenhouse, crashing
his brother’s newly restored bike as well as secrets
about his first dates, adventures at summer camp,
family trips to Blackpool and many other captivating
tales.
With a wicked ear for the comical, and a sharp eye
for detail, this beautifully written book visits
poignant moments, significant events and precious
memories from a boy called Gervase. |
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Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance
lecturer, author, poet, school inspector,
educational consultant and visiting professor of
education – but none of these is more important than
his family. |
| For fourteen years he taught in a
range of schools, then acted as General Adviser for
Language Development in Rotherham before moving on
to North Yorkshire, where he spent ten years as a
school inspector. He holds five fellowships,
honorary doctorates from Hull, Leicester and
Sheffield Hallam universities, and is a patron of a
number of children's charities and educational
organizations. Gervase lives with his family in
Doncaster. To celebrate the publication of
Gervase’s memoir, Penguin are reissuing the hugely
popular Dales series beautiful new jackets. You can
meet Gervase in person on his year-round theatre
tour and at a host of events and signings to tie-in
with publication. For more information on Gervase go
to www.gervase-phinn.com
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Praise for Gervase Phinn:
‘Gervase Phinn’s memoirs have made him a hero in
school staff-rooms’
DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘Gervase Phinn writes warmly, and with great wit
about the children and adults he meets in
Yorkshire’s schools. An enchanting montage of
experiences. Colourful, funny and honest’
SUNDAY EXPRESS
‘Gervase has a unique understanding and love of
children, and a wonderful gift for storytelling…
Gervase Phinn is a real star’
ESTHER RANTZEN
‘Phinn writes with that smooth, deceptively easy
fluency which is the hallmark of quality. Combine
this with a seemingly inexhaustible fund of
anecdotes, peopled by characters brought to life
with warmth, humour and affection, and the result is
as delightful as it is inevitable’
YORKSHIRE EVENING POST
‘Laugh out loud funny’
WOMAN’S WEEKLY
‘A born raconteur’
GUARDIAN |
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