Overview
Una maestra llega a la escuelita y varias vidas cambian. La de esa decena de chicos siempre con ganas de galletitas y gaseosa, que van del garabato a la letra, de los botones de colores a las cuentas matemáticas, de los piedrazos a la poesía. La de Dylan, que un día se asoma desafi ante desde el techo. Y la de ella misma, que apenas recibida ha migrado desde un pueblo del interior y completa su salario como moza.
De lejos, la Ciudad parece un castillo. De cerca, es una fortaleza inexpugnable. En ese ida y vuelta, clase a clase la Seño va transformándose. Los chicos crecen, las adolescentes se convierten en madres y Dylan, que rescató a un cachorro de morir ahogado y dio de comer en el pico a un pichoncito, busca sosiego a su profundo dolor de niño que ha caído de su propio nido.
Con humor, ternura y una prosa delicadísima, Marie Gouiric se pregunta quién aprende y quién enseña una vez que alguien se entrega de corazón a los demás.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A new teacher arrives and lives at the school are changed: the dozen or so kids clamoring for cookies and soda, who advance from scribbling to cursive, from playing with beads to doing sums, and from throwing spitballs to writing poetry; Dylan, who climbs up angrily to the roof one day; and the teacher herself, newly arrived from a small provincial town and trying to supplement her wages as a waitress.
From afar, the City looks like a castle. Up close, it’s an impregnable fortress. As the days go by, as class follows class, the teacher’s life slowly transforms. The children grow up; the teenagers mature and become parents themselves; and Dylan, who once saved a puppy from drowning and nursed an orphaned baby bird back to health, searches for solace after falling from his own nest.
With humor, tenderness, and the utmost delicacy, Marie Gouiric asks who is the teacher and who the student when a person dedicates themselves selflessly to others.
This book title, Ese tiempo que tuvimos por corazón / When Our Hearts Led, ISBN: 9788439743811, by Marie Gouiric, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (July 16, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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