How many times have we seen career driven, single, happy, successful women being looked with sympathy because they are yet to get married? I am sure the probability is very high because such women are stereotyped to be unhappy no matter how much the woman is content with her life. The novel The Learning Curve by Melissa Nathan strikes a chord just on this topic.
Nicky is in her 30’s and has just been announced as one of the joint deputy manager of her school. The person with whom she has to share this position is Robert, her best friend from the past 6 years. Nicky loves children and she loves teaching her grade 6 students. She is the favorite of her students and knows the best tactics to handle young children. One of her student, Oscar Samuels happens to be one of her favorite but she is disappointed to see how careless his father is to not give time to his son after he lost his mother. On the other hand, Mark Samuel (Oscar’s father) considers Nicky to be a very bossy teacher who is trying to poke her nose in his personal matters. In amidst all that, Nicky’s elder sister keeps fixing blind dates for Nicky just so she can get married and become as happy as any other married woman. She is then given the opportunity to apply for the position of school headmistress, but the question arises here is that, will she be able to get married and carry out the responsibility of a headmistress all together?
Honestly, after a long time I have come across a book which was so fascinating that I can’t just begin with another book. This is a must read book. Each character in this story has its own point to portray. I can’t wait to start reading it all over again in a few months.
Nicky is in her 30’s and has just been announced as one of the joint deputy manager of her school. The person with whom she has to share this position is Robert, her best friend from the past 6 years. Nicky loves children and she loves teaching her grade 6 students. She is the favorite of her students and knows the best tactics to handle young children. One of her student, Oscar Samuels happens to be one of her favorite but she is disappointed to see how careless his father is to not give time to his son after he lost his mother. On the other hand, Mark Samuel (Oscar’s father) considers Nicky to be a very bossy teacher who is trying to poke her nose in his personal matters. In amidst all that, Nicky’s elder sister keeps fixing blind dates for Nicky just so she can get married and become as happy as any other married woman. She is then given the opportunity to apply for the position of school headmistress, but the question arises here is that, will she be able to get married and carry out the responsibility of a headmistress all together?
Honestly, after a long time I have come across a book which was so fascinating that I can’t just begin with another book. This is a must read book. Each character in this story has its own point to portray. I can’t wait to start reading it all over again in a few months.
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