{"product_id":"the-heart-of-the-dales-9780141027678","title":"The Heart of the Dales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEscape to the country with Gervase Phinn's heartwarming tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis colourful cast of characters have become firm favourites: the mostly mad staff at County Hall, as well as the children themselves, who find ways of embarrassing the school inspectors with innocent ease. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of the Dales\u003c\/i\u003e, we reconvene with Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School and now Gervase's wife and mother of their son, the well-named Mrs Savage and not forgetting the Queen of Clean - Connie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGervase Phinn has an extraordinary talent to entertain, and the latest instalment to the Dale Series is heart-warming, wry and will make you laugh out loud.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1928918\"\u003eGervase Phinn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141027678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0141027673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGervase Phinn\u003c\/b\u003e is a bestselling author and poet, teacher, freelance lecturer, educational consultant, school inspector, visiting professor of education and, last but by no means least, father of four. The majority of his time is spent in schools with teachers and children. He is best known for his autobiographical accounts of his time as a school inspector in the Yorkshire Dales, which have been likened to James Herriot's books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44564488421613,"sku":"9780141027678","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f17e6b58-ec64-41f4-92b2-f69ea1970b4a.jpg?v=1701852315","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-heart-of-the-dales-9780141027678","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}