Yes! I just devoured it, and talked our school librarian into ordering it early, and prescribed it to my department head to take her mind off some very bad news about the only administrator at our school who's good at systems leaving (I think she may read the whole thing tonight).
I really loved everything up to the point where Saffy makes the horrible mistake not to call Ramamurthy or Laura and ask for help. Right at that point I put the book down for 48ish hours and then came back tonight once I had accepted that it was all going to be excruciating. (See previous comment about Act 3; this is a bit like that.) I agree, Tesh could be better at endings.
But all the rest of it was so so much like my privileged private school, plus all the lovely absurdities of college house life. And the copier! I felt seen to the point of nakedness. (I know you need to copy 20 problem sets in the next 5 minutes before class starts. But I need staples. and toner. and more paper. and a paper jam fixed. and my hole punch tray emptied. and blood. finally you're running to the copier on a different floor.)
Wikipedia says Tesh is a classics teacher. I do wonder if she's still teaching -- and how much Saffy is like her, and how much she's created from other teachers Tesh is observing. If I were Tesh's department head or division head, I'd be feeling doubly self-conscious right now :)
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I really loved everything up to the point where Saffy makes the horrible mistake not to call Ramamurthy or Laura and ask for help. Right at that point I put the book down for 48ish hours and then came back tonight once I had accepted that it was all going to be excruciating. (See previous comment about Act 3; this is a bit like that.) I agree, Tesh could be better at endings.
But all the rest of it was so so much like my privileged private school, plus all the lovely absurdities of college house life. And the copier! I felt seen to the point of nakedness. (I know you need to copy 20 problem sets in the next 5 minutes before class starts. But I need staples. and toner. and more paper. and a paper jam fixed. and my hole punch tray emptied. and blood. finally you're running to the copier on a different floor.)
Wikipedia says Tesh is a classics teacher. I do wonder if she's still teaching -- and how much Saffy is like her, and how much she's created from other teachers Tesh is observing. If I were Tesh's department head or division head, I'd be feeling doubly self-conscious right now :)