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.