Hearts and Minds

by RosyThornton (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $3.44

  An irresistible new novel that mixes the charm of GOODBYE MR CHIPS with the drama of DEAD POETS SOCIETY. Sometimes it's not easy being a woman in a man's world. But James Rycarte is about to find out that the reverse is also true. Taking on the job of Principal at an all-female college at Cambridge is going to be the biggest challenge of James' career. He's breaking with tradition and he's terrified. But amid the hostility of his fellows and the endless bureaucracy of university life, he finds an unexpected hand of friendship from Senior Tutor Dr Martha Pearce. Who knows where it will all lead!

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.44

  St Radegund's College, Cambridge, which admits only women students, breaks with one hundred and sixty years of tradition by appointing a man, former BBC executive James Rycarte, as its new Head of House. As Rycarte fights to win over the Fellowship in the face of opposition from a group of feminist dons, the Senior Tutor, Dr Martha Pearce, faces her own battles: an academic career in stagnation, a depressed teenage daughter and a marriage which may be foundering. Meanwhile, the college library is susbiding into the fen mud and the students are holding a competition to see who can 'get a snog off the Dean'. The question on everyone's lips is how long will Rycarte survive at St Radegunds without someone's help?