Oct 18, 2013 | AITC-Review, Press Coverage, Review
A Guardian Review of Alone in the Classroom appeared October 12, 2013. “Hay’s risky strategy pays off in spades as her slow-burning story arc reaches its zenith and Connie’s past links up with Anne’s present to become a highly nuanced history...
Oct 16, 2013 | AITC-Review, Press Coverage
Alone in the Classroom reviewed in The Financial Times October 11, 2013. Alone in the Classroom, by Elizabeth Hay Review by Maria Crawford Alone in the Classroom, by Elizabeth Hay, MacLehose Press RRP£8.99, 270 pages Elizabeth Hay is an accomplished author, and a past...
Nov 27, 2011 | AITC-Review, Press Coverage, Review
“Through the figure of a beloved schoolteacher aunt, Hay’s narrator in this splendid novel sets out to discover the experiences that shaped her parents, and herself. In 1929, Connie Flood encounters, while teaching in Saskatchewan, a grim principal,...
Nov 27, 2011 | AITC-Review, Press Coverage, Review
Read about it here. This list represents Amazon’s top ten Canadian fiction books in 2011.
May 13, 2011 | AITC-Review, Press Coverage, Review
“Alone in the Classroom is meant to be read slowly, or even better, read twice. The story that unfolds, replete with poetry and punishment, passionate entanglements and incestuous love, and is even richer and more rewarding the second time around.” Read...
May 3, 2011 | AITC-Review, Press Coverage, Review
Kerry Clare’s Pickle Me This is a highly regarded book blog full of thoughtful reviews and literary insights. A recent review describes Alone in the Classroom as, “An unsettling book, whose story goes where you don’t think it will, and doesn’t answer all...
