About The Things We Can’t Erase
Julie Galloway has spent eighteen years giving everything to a school district that treats her like she’s expendable. When a wealthy stranger offers Julie and first-year teacher Abby Baker funding to develop a charter school for Brookhaven’s south side kids, it feels like exactly the lifeline their community needs.
It isn’t.
As journalist Becca Vanderbilt starts asking why the district keeps breaking its promises — budgets slashed, buildings crumbling, teachers shuffled like pawns — Julie suspects the stranger has her own reasons for wanting Brookhaven’s public schools to fail. The charter may never open. And Julie’s husband could lose his job because of her choices.
What starts as opportunity becomes a test of how much each woman will sacrifice to protect students, friendships, and a community that refuses to be erased.
Written by a teacher who spent twenty years as a public school teacher, The Things We Can’t Erase is a story about ordinary people refusing to back down against extraordinary pressure. For readers of Jodi Picoult and Celeste Ng. Perfect for book clubs.
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Author Bio:
Konni Atencio spent twenty years teaching middle and high school English in Colorado before leaving the classroom in 2021 to write fiction that gives voice to educators and shines a light on the systemic challenges facing public schools. She writes about ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances and refusing to back down.
When she isn't writing, Konni enjoys reading, spending time with her husband and adult daughters, and playing on the lake at her home in Texas. She is passionate about public education and believes stories have the power to create real change.
The Things We Can't Erase is the first book in her Lessons from Brookhaven series. She is currently at work on Book 2.