The Getting of Wisdom is a wicked and satirical novel on the pain and confusion of growing up. Laura Tweedle Rambotham, the main character, is the eldest child of a country family. She is a clever and highly imaginative child, given to inventing romantic stories for the entertainment of her younger siblings, and an avid reader. She is also both proud and sensitive and her mother finds her difficult to handle. At the age of twelve, Laura enters the portals of an exclusive girls' school eager to be accepted. But she is snubbed and ridiculed by her fellow students, who are richer, more attractive and more adept at dealing with life's hypocrisies. Her experiences at school shock and humiliate the unworldly Laura.
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