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About the Book:
From 1970, Carol Shore-Wilkinski taught
history at Noah Webster Preparatory, a private junior high and high
school in Cheltenham township outside Philadelphia for children with
special needs. Carol was forced to resign after allegedly having an
affair with one of her students (Eric Blum) in 1976.
Eric Blum was a student for four years at
Webster. He had suffered from an emotional breakdown after his
brother (Elliot) was killed in Vietnam in 1970, which aggravated a
case of dyslexia and hypertension. Not having the educational skills
needed by the Philadelphia public schools, Eric entered Noah Webster
Preparatory in the eighth grade, reading at a fourth grade level. A
special friendship materialized between history teacher Carol
Shore and student Eric Blum.
After graduating from Webster in 1975, Eric
went on to become an CNN correspondent. During the Gulf War in 1991,
Eric and his camera crew were ambushed and killed by Saddam's
soldiers.
Now being interviewed by a reporter from the
Philadelphia Inquirer about Eric's high school years, Carol Shore-Wilkinski
gets a chance to tell her side of the story about the alleged affair
with Eric Blum.
Before ADD and ADHD, at the end of the Vietnam
war, and at the dawn of disco, this story tells of coming of
age, finding one's place in the world, and trying to fit in with a
learning disability.
About the Author:
Bruce Beryl Fisher was born in Philadelphia
in 1956. Being subject to the abomination of the Philadelphia school
system from 1961 till 1970 spurred him to write this novel of
finding ones way through the fog of educational evolution.
This is Bruce's second book, the first
entitled, The Trees' Ears, was published in 1997. Bruce is
presently stagehand and head carpenter at the Gusman Theater in
Miami, Florida. He resides in Hollywood, Florida with his wife, son, and
three cats.
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