Finishing School
- Publisher
- Pottersfield Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2007
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781895900880
- Publish Date
- Apr 2007
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
Forty-nine-year-old divorced hair stylist Eileen Novak has recently enrolled in a community college class to complete her high school education, and her first English assignment is to keep a journal. Initially apprehensive about this exercise, Eileen soon discovers she enjoys writing and the opportunity to really let herself go.
Set in St. John's, Newfoundland, in the 1980s and resonating with a vivid sense of place, Finishing School chronicles Eileen's sometimes traumatic, sometimes funny but fully engaged life during the school months. "Always ready to try anything
About the author
Helen Fogwill Porter is a highly-regarded writer and author of several books, including the award-winning January, February, June, and July.