{"product_id":"class-dismissed-paperback-1","title":"Class Dismissed - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin M. McIntosh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gifted teacher. A career-ending accident. Can he find redemption in the Rubber Room?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTUDENT GIVES TEACHER THE FINGER, screams the \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e headline after Patrick Lynch slams his classroom door on the hand of Josh Mishkin. Josh's injury casts Patrick, thirty-year-old son of the Midwest, down a New York City rabbit hole of Board of Ed bureaucracy and union politics. Transformed into an unwilling celebrity by his fellow inmates in that teacher purgatory, the Rubber Room, Mr. Lynch is suddenly more \"at risk\" than any of his students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow he must fight his way back to his classroom at Marcus Garvey High School and reclaim the affections of his social worker fiancée, all while wrestling the legend of his late father, Superintendent Lynch, the pride of Peterson's Prairie, Minnesota. For readers who enjoy literary fiction with a satirical edge, \u003ci\u003eClass Dismissed\u003c\/i\u003e explores the triumphs and tragedies of teaching in urban America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin McIntosh's \u003c\/b\u003eshort stories have appeared in the\u003ci\u003e American Literary Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, Chicago Tribune, Jabberwock Review, Potomac Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been nominated for Best New American Voices and the Pushcart Prize. He has had residencies at the Ragdale Foundation and Blue Mountain Center, and is a thirty-year veteran of public school teaching in Oakland, New York City, and Greater Boston. He lives and writes in Somerville, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 5.3 x 8.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334693163245,"sku":"9781646030675","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/m43g2-s-Jb9781646030675.webp?v=1785019998","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/class-dismissed-paperback-1","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}