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During his tenure as headmaster (rector) of Chatham Hall, Bill Yardley was another parent ("in loco parentis") for a couple of thousand teenage girls. Each of those had their own unique relationship with Bill and Helen Yardley, and this book will both bring back memories, and open new insights into some of the leading influences in their own journey from child to adult. I was one of them, class of '66. Although I never met...
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Although this book is out of print it is worth the search if you like family memoirs. I happened upon this little treasure when looking for Angela's Ashes at my favorite local library. What is particularly striking about Yardley's book is the candor with which he presents his parents and his family. Yardley, a book critic for the Washington Post, tells the story of his father who was a long-time headmaster of a private,...
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