The Teachers Lounge
Book 1: The Same Old Song
Behind the closed door of the teachers lounge, the real education happens — in whispered conversations, dark humour, and the daily struggle to keep believing in what you do.
Every school has one. A room where teachers go to be human — to complain, to laugh, to cry, to eat their lunches in peace, to remember why they got into this in the first place (or to forget). The teachers lounge is where the real stories happen.
The Teachers Lounge: The Same Old Song follows a group of teachers at a mid-sized Canadian high school through a single school year. There is Margaret, the veteran English teacher who has seen everything and is starting to wonder if she has anything left to give. There is David, the idealistic new hire who still believes he can change lives. There is Priya, the science teacher who is quietly brilliant and loudly underappreciated. And there is the lounge itself — a sanctuary, a pressure valve, a confessional.
Sharp, funny, and deeply humane, this is a book for anyone who has ever worked in a school — or been shaped by one.