Learning Curves

By Cindi Myers

Original

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373836759
• ISBN13: 9780373836758
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises ULC
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Courageous and Thought-provoking

In LEARNING CURVES, author Cindi Myers tackles an important and largely ignored subject, the anti-fat prejudice of America. "Fat-ism" probably is the only politically correct form of discrimination still considered acceptable. The heroine here wears a size 12, which she explains is the median size of the adult American women. Still, in many circles--especially in television news, where the heroine works--a size 12 is considered grossly obese. Myers is to be admired for acknowledging this issue, and for addressing it thoroughly and well. A romance novel, particularly, would not seem to be the perfect forum to air these kinds of concern, but LEARNING CURVES does an excellent job of it. Even the title is clever. The rest of the book is more conventional; there's not much left unexplored in romance fiction. Yet the subtext here takes LEARNING CURVES out of the ordinary and brings it somewhere unexpected.

learning curve set on high

I have enjoyed this book and would recomend it to my customers.This book breaks the mold,it gets the point across of not only learning to accept oneself,but points out that there are more pressing concerns in the world.This is a book that in short will make you feel.

intriguing contemporary newsroom romance

In Denver Shelly Piper learns that "perky" Pam Parsons was selected for the anchor spot on "First for News" though she worked diligently for ten years at the show; worse she learns that her size 12 did her in; even worse they offer her a spot on a weight reduction program to be shown over a year. Irate, Shelly quits. Former Dallas anchor Jack Halloran, funded by his Uncle Ed Palmer, hires Shelly to co-anchor his KPRM public TV show "Inside Story". As they work diligently to make their show a success, the hunk, who quit his last show because no one took him serious as a reporter only a handsome visage, and the "fat" female co-star begin to fall in love. However, can they form a relationship off the air that will not destroy their terrific on the air affinity? This is an intriguing contemporary newsroom romance that stars two wonderful protagonists struggling to overcome perceptions of how the media and consequently the audience see anchors. Jack wants to be taken serious instead of cotton candy while Shelly needs to prove that a big woman can perform the job. Though their romance takes a back seat to their journalistic relationship, fans of character driven tales will enjoy Cindi Myers fine look at the spotlights of TV news. Harriet Klausner