Behind the Educator
Finding Light When Life Unravels
$28.32
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
3 August 2026
Summary
What happens when you love someone through their unraveling - and slowly lose yourself in the process?
Behind the Educator: Finding Light When Life Unravels is the story of a marriage tested beyond its limits. Of codependency, of loving someone whose struggles you couldn’t fix no matter how hard you tried. Of watching someone you built a life with lose himself - and what it finally took to stop trying to save him and start saving yourself.
The backdrop is Northern Cal…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781544552774 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1544552777 |
| Author: | Amy Paulson |
| Publisher: | Houndstooth Press |
| Imprint: | Houndstooth Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 3 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 336g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Essential reading. Five stars, no hesitation. I read this through the lens of a parent, a clinical therapist, and the partner of an educator - and it left every version of me shaken in the best way possible. I’ve never seen it articulated with this much precision and raw honesty.”
- Clinical Therapist, Parent & Partner of an Educator ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“There are so many compelling and painful stories in this book, but the one that hit me hardest, as an educator who’s seen it happen, is the story of how he was thrown under the bus by the system he had served for so many years. It’s such a reminder of how politics muddies the waters - from the top down. It seemed easier to find someone to blame than to face how complicated and systemic the problems really were. And it’s the people - and their families - who pay the price. It’s a devastating and important story.”
- Verified Amazon reviewer, Educator ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“A gut-punch of a memoir, and a warning every parent and educator needs to read. I finished it in almost one sitting and haven’t stopped thinking about it since.”
- Amazon reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“As an educator, this story pains me. I could not put this book down and read it in one night. It is another illustration of a broken system where excellent educators are being worn down, wiped out, and ultimately give up.”
- Verified Amazon reviewer, Educator ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“I read this book in one day. I literally could not put it down. It needs to be a movie.”
- Amazon reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Broken but beautiful. So relevant in our world today.”
- Amazon reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Amy Paulson
Amy Paulson is the Amazon Bestselling author of Behind the Educator: Finding Light When Life Unravels. A Cornell University graduate, she spent twenty years in California before returning to the East Coast with her children and animals. She is a mother and a witness – someone who watched from inside a marriage as California’s public school system slowly pushed out the person she loved most. Behind the Educator is her debut memoir.
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