Well, Eleanor ran directly into the 'dirty work' experience that every junior supervisor/manager gets tested by. A more senior manager kicks a ugly problem that they don't want to deal with over to their junior...who hasn't yet learned the nuances of people managing. Doubly, maybe triply hard in her case as a young woman managing a man from highly patriarchal society, and an outsider who doesn't understand the social layering in that society. Having a woman directly threaten his job and status was humiliating no doubt.
BTW, the shift to an anonymous third person narrative caught me by surprise in this instance... although I see how it served a purpose of quickly showing that there was a complex interaction at play, which Eleanor doesn't see given the limited experiences in her life at this point.
Well, Eleanor ran directly into the 'dirty work' experience that every junior supervisor/manager gets tested by. A more senior manager kicks a ugly problem that they don't want to deal with over to their junior...who hasn't yet learned the nuances of people managing. Doubly, maybe triply hard in her case as a young woman managing a man from highly patriarchal society, and an outsider who doesn't understand the social layering in that society. Having a woman directly threaten his job and status was humiliating no doubt.
BTW, the shift to an anonymous third person narrative caught me by surprise in this instance... although I see how it served a purpose of quickly showing that there was a complex interaction at play, which Eleanor doesn't see given the limited experiences in her life at this point.
Yeah - mission accomplished! You the reader are seeing more than Eleanor does ;)
Today's "listen" link is taking me to chapter 59. Is it just me?
https://substack.com/redirect/ebbf9293-2f98-4936-bead-e4809a3aab43?j=eyJ1IjoiM3Zobm5rIn0.Dl9-CsnxBjvZ63iWWxWi8nK77JFKQ4-9FbOWNtzzhGk
That would be because it was accidentally set to send at 3pm this afternoon instead of the usual 1am this morning. It's there now.