Synopsis
Young David Powlett-Jones, a Welsh miner's son, is invalided home from France when he suffers severe shell shock on the Western Front. At a remote English public school in Devon the debilitated veteran, himself barely out of his teens, decides temporarily to try his hand at teaching while striving to awaken from the nightmare of World War I -- the national catastrophe that sweeps England out of the comfortable certainties of the Victorian Age into the moral perplexities and harsh economic realities of more modern times.
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Review
[L]ush and descriptive... -- Grace Loiacano "Books Like Breathing" (09/18/2009)
Delderfield's love of the boys and the teachers is contagious and provides a touching tribute to this time in British history. -- Kristen M "We Be Reading" (09/22/2009)
Delderfield takes his time in telling his story... filled with details. -- Tripp "Book Are My Only Friends" (09/22/2009)
A rich and complex story... the author brings the story full circle in a charming way. -- Carey Anderson "The Tome Traveller's Weblog" (09/30/2009)
I can't thank Sourcebooks enough for reprinting the R.F. Delderfield novels. All of them are wonderful reads, engrossing and comforting at the same time. -- Sandie Kirkland "Booksie's Blog" (09/30/2009)
Fascinating... a book to savor. -- Tricia Seguine "Library Queue" (10/01/2009)
Reading "To Serve Them All My Days" is an experience, not merely an activity and it is one of those books that give you a story you will not soon forget, that will give you characters that you will know, inside out, and you will crave to meet one more time. -- Lilly Swistek "Reading Extravaganza" (10/05/2009)
"[L]ush and descriptive... " - Books Like Breathing
"Delderfield's love of the boys and the teachers is contagious and provides a touching tribute to this time in British history." - We Be Reading
"Delderfield takes his time in telling his story... filled with details." - Book Are My Only Friends
Book Description
The classic story of an English public school between the wars and an inspirational teacher, repackaged as a Hodder Great Read.
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