SUZANNE LEAL is a lawyer experienced in child protection, criminal law and refugee law. A former legal commentator on ABC Radio, Suzanne is a regular interviewer at Sydney Writers' Festival and other literary functions. She has been a judge for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and for 'The Nib' Waverley Library Award for Literature. The Teacher's Secret is her second novel. www.suzanneleal.com
'Suzanne Leal is a writer of unusual sensitivity, with a rare
ability to shed light on the dark tangle of emotional attachments
which lies just below the surface of everyday life.'--John Collee,
acclaimed author and screenwriter
'A delicately woven tapestry of interlinking stories... This is a
big-hearted book about a small community and how small acts of
kindness and courage, and the willingness to face the truth,
restore the human spirit to a sense of new belonging.'--Joanne
Fedler, author of Secret Mothers' Business
'A rich interweaving of beautifully drawn characters told so gently
and in such exquisite detail that they grew on me until I was lost
in their world.'--Robin de Crespigny, filmmaker and author of The
People Smuggler
'An eloquent story of a life thrown into disarray; it drew me in
and held me, page after page.'--Rachel Seiffert, author of The Dark
Room
'Beautifully written, entirely absorbing, and full of characters
that live with you long after you finish reading, The Teacher's
Secret is packed with heart and suspense... This brilliant book is
a true page-turner, and I absolutely loved it.'--Jenny Ashcroft,
author of Beneath a Burning Sky
'Elegantly structured, unsettling, yet with moments of surprising
wit - in this novel Suzanne Leal captures the life of a small
community with real tenderness.'--Kathryn Heyman, author of The
Accomplice
'Leal's novel shows us, achingly and beautifully, the slippery
nature of truth and the destruction that is occasionally wrought
from good intensions.'--Maggie Joel, author of The Safest Place in
London
'Masterfully constructed, this moving novel warns us of our
capacity to make or break the lives of those around us... Drawn
with wit and clear-eyed affection, the inhabitants of this
wonderful novel will remain with you long after you have put it
down.'--Mark Lamprell, author of The Full Ridiculous
'Suspenseful, moving and full of heart. I couldn't put it
down.'--Richard Glover, author of Flesh Wounds
'Suzanne Leal writes with her hand on her heart, writing according
to its beat... translating the ordinary into the extraordinary. An
Australian talent, universally understood.'--Charles Waterstreet,
author of Precious Bodily Fluids: A Larrikin's Memoir
'The Teacher's Secret is a gutsy yet intricate examination of one
of society's nightmares, filled with strong characters and
relationships interwoven in a storyline that has the reader
engrossed to the last page.'--Robert Wainwright, author of Sheila
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