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'Peter Skrzynecki is a poet and fiction writer of Polish-Ukrainian descent. This is the autobiography / memoir of a young teacher appointed to a one-teacher school at Jeogla on the New England Tablelands in the 1960s: an appointment that leads to the discovery of people, places and poetry. Jeogla, like Walden for Henry David Thoreau, becomes a sanctuary, a retreat for the observation of the natural world, the high country with its mountains, rivers, waterfalls and wildlife; it stirs the awakenings of self-reliance. Included in the narrative is the story of a family’s tragedy and a broken promise, the consequences of which reverberate for many years until they are resolved by the healing process of Time. Or are they?' (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work
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The Life Lessons Learnt by an Unsuspecting Teacher
A Leisurely Remembrance of a Vanished World
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 June 2015; (p. 31) The Canberra Times , 13 June 2015; (p. 18) The Age , 13 June 2015; (p. 25)
— Review of Appointment Northwest 2014 single work autobiography
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The Life Lessons Learnt by an Unsuspecting Teacher
A Leisurely Remembrance of a Vanished World
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 June 2015; (p. 31) The Canberra Times , 13 June 2015; (p. 18) The Age , 13 June 2015; (p. 25)
— Review of Appointment Northwest 2014 single work autobiography
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