{"product_id":"9780141027678-the-heart-of-the-dales","title":"The Heart of the Dales","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAwkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make the author's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult. But, for him, the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children. This title tells his story.\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40904023572577,"sku":"9780141027678","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32334720.jpg?v=1737186856","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141027678-the-heart-of-the-dales","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}