University Secrets

The nostalgic and hilarious new novel from Jack Sheffield. Coming soon and available to pre-order now! Readers love Jack Sheffield! '' It''s like a big comfort blanket . . . I could read Jack''s books all day every day!'' ***** ''The descriptions of York and surrounding areas are wonderful , the characters easy to emphasise with and it provides a touch of nostalgia f rom times not so long past'' ***** '' Another wonderful tale by Jack Sheffield . . . I look forward to the next book in this series'' ***** ''Wry observation and heartwarming humour in equal measure'' - Alan Titchmarsh ''Jack Sheffield is certainly top of the class with this heart-warming and feel-good series'' - Western Morning News ''Reliably entertaining '' - Choice

About the author

Jack Sheffield grew up in the tough environment of Gipton Estate, in North East Leeds. After a job as a 'pitch boy', repairing roofs, he became a Corona Pop man before going to St John's College, York, and training to be a teacher. In the late seventies and eighties, he was a headteacher of two schools in North Yorkshire before becoming Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds. It was at this time he began to record his many amusing stories of village life as portrayed in Teacher, Teacher!, Mister Teacher, Dear Teacher, Village Teacher, Please Sir!, Educating Jack, School's Out!, Silent Night, Star Teacher, Happiest Days, Starting Over, Changing Times, Back to School and School Days. He lives in Hampshire.

Product details

• Authors: Jack Sheffield, Sheffield Jack
• Publisher: Bantam UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.09.2025
• EAN: 9780857505255
• ISBN: 978-0-85750-525-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 222 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical romance, FICTION / Humorous / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, Yorkshire, FICTION / Romance / Clean & Wholesome, FICTION / Romance / Workplace, Humorous fiction, Romance: wholesome, Narrative theme: Sense of place, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II, FICTION / Biographical & Autofiction, FICTION / School & Education