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Beyond the Classroom
Think you know all about your teachers’ lives beyond the classroom?
Guess again.
Spanning an academic year at a New England high school, the lives of eight teachers, a librarian, and a principal unfold, revealing the profound tragedies, struggles, and longings that shape them beyond the confines of the classroom. A sarcastic English teacher, overlooked by life, sets out to save a student after discovering that he’s been starring in amateur gay porn. A stressed special education teacher faces the heartbreaking reality that her young husband is dying from metastatic cancer. An elderly librarian struggling with early-stage dementia narrates the school’s response following the tragic hit-and-run death of a student. Guilt-ridden over his ex-wife's cancer diagnosis, a history teacher faces a student hostage situation. Torn over the decision to come out as transgender, the principal manages the fallout from a teacher accidentally posting a naked selfie on the school’s X account.
Humorous, heartfelt, and wholly entertaining, Beyond the Classroom welcomes the reader into the intimate, imperfect lives of the people who shape our future.
Guess again.
Spanning an academic year at a New England high school, the lives of eight teachers, a librarian, and a principal unfold, revealing the profound tragedies, struggles, and longings that shape them beyond the confines of the classroom. A sarcastic English teacher, overlooked by life, sets out to save a student after discovering that he’s been starring in amateur gay porn. A stressed special education teacher faces the heartbreaking reality that her young husband is dying from metastatic cancer. An elderly librarian struggling with early-stage dementia narrates the school’s response following the tragic hit-and-run death of a student. Guilt-ridden over his ex-wife's cancer diagnosis, a history teacher faces a student hostage situation. Torn over the decision to come out as transgender, the principal manages the fallout from a teacher accidentally posting a naked selfie on the school’s X account.
Humorous, heartfelt, and wholly entertaining, Beyond the Classroom welcomes the reader into the intimate, imperfect lives of the people who shape our future.
308 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 11, 2025
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