Otahuhu College
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A soldier, returning from the Western Front, becomes a teacher in an isolated boarding school as part of his rehabilitation from trauma. As the years unfold his love of the school and teaching reward him and change him irrevocably. A very inspiring and moving portrayal of what it is to be a teacher and the lives that can be touched.
Controversial in its times due to the themes but a novel ahead of its time as it portrays a same-sex relationship in the early years of the 20th Century. Moving and insightful