The Learning Curve
Edition: 1st World Ed edition
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: May 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780727864918
Subjects: Modern fiction; General; Country life; Fiction / General; Great Britain; Life change events; Self-actualization (Psychology) in middle age; Women novelists; Fiction; Fiction - General
Description: When fifty-year-old Kate Armitage is made redundant after thirty years with a London publishing company, she decides, perhaps rashly, to spend her nest egg on the country cottage of her dreams. Leaving friends and former lovers behind, she embarks on a new life in a small village, planning to write a novel. Despite the (mostly) well-intentioned interventions of her new neighbours, Kate puts pen to paper, and as she retraces the history of her parents' marriage, she uncovers some truths about herself, and her lifelong search for love...