The Fall of Rome : A Novel (Paperback)

from Smokler

Beautiful, serene and sad, think Dead Poets Society meets Go Tell it on the Mountain. A first novel which is remarkable. If you have a thing for novels/movies about inspirational teachers but also get the difficulties of teaching and working in education itself, I cannot recommend this book enough.

from viviennestrauss

Another amazing book by Southgate. I really tried to drag this out for two reasons - 1 I didn't want it to end, all the characters were so compelling and 2 I was very fearful of a tragic end. I love how Southgate can tell stories from multiple points of view and you feel such empathy for each and...

from mbergman

Alternating chapters are told in the voice of (1) a longtime African American teacher of classics at an elite New England prep school for boys; (2) a new English teacher at the school, recently divorced and attracted to (1), who previously taught for many years at an innter city school in Clevela...

from vfbynoe

The Fall of Rome, by Martha Southgate, is a must-read for all teenagers and teachers. Jerome Washington is an African American Latin teacher at Chelsea; an all boys boarding school that is mainly Caucasian. Rashid Bryson, from New York City, is one of the few African American students at Chelsea....

from Smokler

Beautiful, serene and sad, think Dead Poets Society meets Go Tell it on the Mountain. A first novel which is remarkable. If you have a thing for novels/movies about inspirational teachers but also get the difficulties of teaching and working in education itself, I cannot recommend this book enough.