University Secrets
$25.18
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2026
Summary
The delightful new standalone novel from Jack Sheffield, author of the much-loved Teacher series.
‘Wry observation and heartwarming humour in equal measure’ - Alan Titchmarsh
York, 1990.
As a lecturer at the University of Eboracum, Doctor Tom Frith is all too aware how quickly gossip can spread on campus. Happily, news of his engagement to Music tutor Inger Larson has been met with nothing but well wishes from students and faculty alike. But with classes and a wedding …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804993019 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1804993018 |
| Author: | Jack Sheffield |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 128mm x 199mm |
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Jack Sheffield
Jack Sheffield grew up in the tough environment of Gipton Estate, in North East Leeds. After a job as a ‘pitch boy’, repairing roofs, he became a Corona Pop man before going to St John’s College, York, and training to be a teacher.
In the late seventies and eighties, he was a headteacher of two schools in North Yorkshire before becoming Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds. It was at this time he began to record his many amusing stories of village life as portrayed in:
- Teacher, Teacher!
- Mister Teacher
- Dear Teacher
- Village Teacher
- Please Sir!
- Educating Jack
- School’s Out!
- Silent Night
- Star Teacher
- Happiest Days
- Starting Over
- Changing Times
- Back to School
- School Days
- Last Day of School
He lives in Hampshire.
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