Declining Roles

by John Wheatley

Philip Westlake, Head of English at Park Valley High School – feckless, maritally restless, and professionally insecure - embarks on a text book writing project which brings young colleague, Wallace Rowforth into his home, and is unaware of the sexual chemistry which soon develops between his youthful collaborator and Gloria, his disenchanted wife. Lionel Robertson, Deputy Head, and newly appointed Eleanor Courtney, are confronted with a moment of shared history to which neither imagined themselves ever being accountable. Heath and Geraldine, teenagers with diametrically opposed confusions, seek their own ways to resolve the anxieties of adolescence. Set against the crisis of comprehensive education in 1980s England, John Wheatley`s comic novel interweaves three love stories of emotional and sexual self-discovery.

Contains sexually explicit material.

463 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 25, 2012

About the author

Born in Middleton near Manchester and educated in the north-west. Worked as a teacher and a plumber.

I've got 25 titles out there, novels and novellas. My books usually have a regional and historical settings - Anglesey, Middleton, West Yorkshire.

Reviews

[Jo Notary]

510pgs, The Westlake Trilogy bk 1, interweaves three love stories, of emotional and sexual self-discovery, contains sexually explicit material.