Falling Leaves

In this part of the book i read about how Adeline after being abandoned at boarding school wrote a short story and entered it into a contest. After this she won, which included her being recognized in the news papers and such. This was a great honor even her father recognized her for it which he normally never did. Her winning was a major turning point because her father decided to let her go to medical school in england with james. Even though Adeline could not choose what she wanted to study she was still given the opportunity which meant a lot because she probably wouldn't of gotten it if she hadn't won the contest. This was a great opportunity that she got and it also brought her closer to her family that Niang had taken her away from when she sent her to boarding school. This was a very good thing for her. After attending medical school she fell in love with a chemistry teacher named Karl, he was bipolar and very weird. But somehow she saw the best in him and still loved him. There hole relationship revolved around writing letters to each-other and staying in his lab, it was very weird. Eventually he told her to leave and meet someone new because he knew he would only hold her back from accomplishing many more things. After graduating from college she then traveled to america to take a position at a hospital. This was her first real job but somehow she was still controlled by Niang even though she had a job and was supporting herself.