A Terrible Beauty: A Novel---What Teachers Know but Seldom Tell outside the Staff Room    by D. W. St.John
Price: $2.99 USD. 69430 words. Published by Elderberry Press, Inc.  on December 29, 2009. .
After suffering the greatest of personal Tragedies, Dai O’Connel is no longer willing to lie and, as a result, is targeted for dismissal. Sent to document his failings is Solange Gonsalvás, Oregon’s youngest assistant superintendent. Known both for breathtaking attractiveness and her dedication to the job, she finds O'Connel nothing like what she expected. Can she take a good teacher's job?