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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 The Things That Matter Most
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'A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of Teacher.

'The staff of St Margaret's Primary School are hanging by a thread. There's serious litigation pending, the school is due for registration, and a powerful parent named Janet Bellevue has a lot to say about everything. As teachers they're trying to remain professional, as people they're fast unravelling.

'There's Tyson, first year out of uni and nervous as hell, Derek the Assistant Principal who's dropped the ball on administration, Bev from the office who's confronting a serious diagnosis, and Sally-Ann who's desperate for a child of her own.

'Thank goodness for kids like Lionel Merrick. Lionel is the student who steals your heart and makes the whole teaching gig worthwhile: he's cheerful, likeable and helpful - and devoted to his little sister Lacey. But Lionel has a secret of his own. As his future slides from vulnerable to dangerous, will someone from St Margaret's realise before it's too late?' (Publication summary)

As secrets threaten to be exposed and working demands increase, each staff member begins to lose sight of the things that matter most.

A moving and compelling novel about teachers and their students by the acclaimed author of the bestselling books Teacher and Dear Parents.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2023 .
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      Extent: 368p.
      Note/s:
      •  Published 1 August 2023

      ISBN: 9781760879839
Form: audiobook
    • Chatswood, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Wavesound ; Allen and Unwin , 2023 .
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      Extent: 9 CDs; 10 hours and 17 minutesp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 

        3 August 2023

      ISBN: 9781004132454, 9781004132461 (MP3 CD)

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

Hard-Earned Lessons Sue Williams , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 August 2023; (p. 16)

— Review of The Things That Matter Most G. J. Stroud , 2023 single work novel
Hard-Earned Lessons Sue Williams , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 August 2023; (p. 16)

— Review of The Things That Matter Most G. J. Stroud , 2023 single work novel
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