Summary
Anisha Lakhani: School of Life
Anna Taggert, a graduate of one of the most prestigious American universities, wanted to be a teacher from an early age. To encourage young minds to think and push boundaries. But when she gets a job at a prestigious private school in Manhattan, she realizes that her dreams have little in common with reality.
Instead of curriculum, Anna has to think about influential families on the school board who shape the school's policy, about mothers who care more about charity parties than the success of their children, and the fact that homework is not the work of children, but of well (over)paid private instructors, will fundamentally shake her beliefs.
Mala salary, of course, is only a drop in the ocean of dissatisfaction. But when she herself finds herself among the chosen ones, and realizes that she can make money with private lessons like the best-paid lawyers, the siren call of Barneys and Waverly Inn will not be able to resist either.
Teaching during the day, private lessons at night and a new apartment on Madison Avenue will replace the high expectations and ideals of a young woman. But can money really buy everything?
"School of Life" is the first novel of the young author Anisha Lakhani, who until 2006 taught English at the Dalton School on the East Side of Manhattan, and any resemblance to Anna Taggert is completely intentional.
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