Hearts and Minds

By Rosy Thornton

Book Overview

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?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755333896
• ISBN13: 9780755333899
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Headline
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Hearts and Minds go together...

The beauty of Hearts and Minds is that the characters endear themselves to you in such a way that you want them to have what will make them happy--even when that ends up being not what you expected. It is a story with love in it that isn't a "love story" in the classic sense. The characters are multi-layered--even the "baddies" and the story reflects the realities of life at home and in the workplace. Also, being a closet Anglophile (maybe the closet door is open and everyone can see in), I love getting a glimpse into English university life, learning English words for things, and overall improving my inner English accent! Don't let the pretty, girlish cover fool you. This is not your typical chick lit.