A Terrible Beauty: A Romance Book Reviews

AUTHOR
D. W. St.John
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
239

A Terrible Beauty: A Romance by D. W. St.John Book Summary

After suffering the greatest of personal Tragedies, Dai O’Connel is no longer willing to lie. A headstrong Welshman twenty years in an Oregon classroom, he refuses either to lower standards or to implement the feel-good nonsense of Outcome Based Curriculum, and as a result is targeted for dismissal. Sent to document his failings is Solange Gonsalvás, Oregon’s youngest assistant superintendent. Known both for breathtaking attractiveness and her dedication to the job, she is relentless in pursuit of incompetent teachers. Deeply believing she can make the district’s schools better, while struggling with her own concept of what school should be, Solange finds O’Connel not at all as she expected. Principled, confident, very good at what he does, Dai is not the kind of teacher Solange forces from the classroom—but more than competence is at stake. District politicos demand O'Connel's ouster, and if Solange wants the top job, she must take his. Bewildered by the intense attraction she feels for the man, Solange must choose between ruining an outstanding teacher's career and furthering her own, a career for which she's sacrificed everything.

“St.John takes critical aim at all the teaching theories and experiments that school districts churn out on a regular basis, which totally ignore the abysmal track record of earlier programs and the basic needs of its students. This novel is an inside view of the anger and frustrations felt by teachers in failing school systems.” Booklist

“Descriptions of classroom conflicts, successes, frustrations will touch readers to the core. The teacher and student among you will cheer out loud as this novel progresses…” National Public Radio

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Book Name A Terrible Beauty: A Romance
Genre Contemporary Romance
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Language English
E-Book Size 283.05 KB

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A terrible beauty: what teacher. The book seemed to move slow but as you followed the story, it picked up with a great romantic ending.

A Terrible Beauty. This was an amazing story. I loved every word of it.

Amazing!. Incredible and insightful story. I was very glad to have read it.

Terrible. Awful

Soooooo real!. I have taught in Oklahoma public schools for 28 years, and have witnessed exactly the kinds of travesties this book is about! I have kiddingly said a thousand times "When I buy my own school ........." The author takes a real life topic, mixes it with just the right amount of humor, sarcasm, realism, hope, and love to make a great read! I am retiring this year knowing that I did the best I could for the kids I taught. They knew that even though I was one of the toughest, I also cared about them and their futures! I will definitely look for and read more books by this author! Read this book! Teachers will love it, administrators will know it is true (even though the truth sometimes hurts), and parents will get a glimpse of reality!

A Terrible beauty: What Teachers Know...?. Having been a teacher & school counselor for 19 years, I was delighted to read a novel that truly hits the nail on the head! All I can say is thanks for caring enough to tell it like it is:)

For teachers only. This book is true to form in what teachers have to deal with on s daily basis but can't say the truth. The romance part could have been left out; otherwise, a very good read.

On and on!!!. I couldn't finish it!

Dont wast your time. This book goes on forever and t just was a waste of time!!!!!!

Terrible Beauty. This book was great! As a mother with grade school children and the daughter of a veteran teacher, this book could not be more true. It was very heartfelt and very well written. Thanks for writing this!

A Terrible Beauty is well worth the read!. Dave St John has chosen a surprising subject in Terrible Beauty and written with insight and humor, and so well the main characters seem like friends. Dai, the main character, is a brilliant teacher, who lost his wife and daughter in an accident, and his only remaining passion is teaching. Solange is sent to investigate his teaching methods since her district wants to terminate him, despite his obvious love of teaching and constant dedication to his students. Dai is a man with little left to lose and Solange could lose everything if she doesnt fire him. Her career is riding on Dai's pending termination, so she has to shadow him and follow him for several days to evaluate his work. Through a series of events such as selfish parents who want to blame the teachers for their parental failings, other embattled and disgruntled employees of the school systems, as well as angry and violent students, Solange evaluates Dai and begins to look deeper at why the school wants him terminated and how she will live with herself for being the instrument of his destruction. Excellent novel, with a great story and ending...well worth your time. Thanks for the entertaining and thought provoking read Dave!

I give it a B -. If you are a teacher in a public school setting, you will truly appreciate this. If not, it probably won't hit home.

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What teachers know but seldom tell outside the staff room. Very cleverly written! As a mother of five, one being a primary school teacher, I feel every school administrator should read this! Very informative and beautifully voiced. Thank you very much!

Axe to grind anyone?. To be completely fair, I didn't read it through to the end.

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A terrible beauty: teacher novella. This is a very well written piece. It is an eye opener into the field of education and speaks of how even though life may be hard... there are always rewards to be reaped, sometimes popping up when you least expect them too. This feels as if it's a true story and it was hard to put down as I wanted to know what was going to happen next. I recommend this read... but this sort of novel is only for a certain type of crowd...

A Terrible Beauty. Absolutely a wonderful read. Well paced. Real life- any teacher will revel in the antics. But, everyone will enjoy it.

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The A Terrible Beauty: A Romance book written by D. W. St.John was published on 29 December 2009, Tuesday in the Contemporary Romance category. A total of 239 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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