Bound to Be Free: A Positive Alternative to Paying the Hidden Costs of 'free' Education

by Jan Fortune-Wood

('Bound to Be Free' is a radical re-appraisal of education as a way of life, as opposed to an institutional instrument of control and social planning. It proposes that the cost of compulsory schooling is too high and that home education provides not only a life style choice for the few, but a critical alternative to the common understanding of education. It is a book that should be of interest to parents, educators and policy makers alike)

108 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2001

About the author

Jan Fortune-Wood writes poetry, fiction and non-fiction. She is co-founder and editor of Cinnamon Press and lives in North Wales. Jan originally studied Theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge and completed a PhD in Feminist Theology. She also has an MA in Creative Writing. She has worked as a teacher, priest, charity director and creative writing tutor. She is the author of several non-fiction books, chapters and articles on alternative education and parenting.

Her first novel, A Good Life, and first poetry collection, Particles of Life were published by Bluechrome in September 2005. Her second novel, Dear Ceridwen was published by Cinnamon Press in May 2007 and her first novel for teenagers is due out in November 2007. Jan is currently working on a novel in prose poetry form, Stale Bread and Miracles, to be published by Headland in 2008 and a new poetry collection Knot-work.

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