Rūta

A decade after the London riots, a reprobate teacher records the anger and vitriol of the new generation.  He fixates on the innocence of a perfect female student from his past.  Unearth his conscience as he fights for breath in the turmoil of his decline.

Rūta is an allegorical novella about poor British schools.  It traces an all too common pattern in schools; an enthusiastic young teacher’s decline into nervosa as war breaks out in the classroom.

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Rūta is growing up in a failing school and a failing society.
There is nothing I can do to help her.

Britain’s teenagers have registered their anger and vitriol, they rioted.  Rūta enters the debate about whether teenagers are becoming increasingly anti social.  Kit Masters has experienced the amoral, inconsiderate and unkind element of the emerging generation first hand.

Rūta delves into the conscience of a secondary school teacher, optimistic and enthusiastic at the start of his career.  He falls in love with his tutor group, one of whom, Rūta, a new arrival from Lithuania, seems to him a perfect student.  He fixates on what she represents, as the reality of modern schools saps his energy and weakens his resolve.  When Rūta finds herself in danger he faces a crisis he cannot to rise to.

“I did not leave England I ran, fled in terror to Portugal which is how England once was, good mannered children and people who show respect.”  Phil Allsop (Advance Reviewer)

Rūta exposes the social infection which is multiplying in our schools.  It traces an all too common pattern in schools; an enthusiastic young teacher’s decline into nervosa as war breaks out in the classroom.

“Having toyed with the idea of teaching you have certainly opened my eyes.”  Jayne (Authonomy.com comment)

The book tells a compelling tragic arc, an allegory of the lives of those who teach and learn in failing institutions.

“... this is Rūta's beguiling self, a maze of confusion and promise, yes I wanted to ask for more.”  Tricia Lomax (Author of 4am to 4pm)

“This is a powerful and original book. One that I think could change many opinions.”  Jayne (Authonomy.com comment)

The book is literary fiction, with around a hundred pages and twenty two full colour fine art images.