You are due to start a new job next week but you will not be able to because you have some problems. Write a letter to your new employer. In your letter • explain your situation • describe your problems • tell him/her when you think you can start.

Dear Mr Eric, I am writing

this

letter in regard to the higher secondary teacher post that I attended for the interview

for

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last

month. I got the appointment letter two weeks back and

initially

, I would like to thank you for paying trust in me. I accepted the offer to join on May 25th,

however

, unfortunately, I am not able to join your institution on that day! My mother had an unavoidable surgery

last

week and I spend whole the time assisting her.

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it was not life-threatening, it made my mother's health weak.

Thus

, she required constant aid from me and faced a long road to recovery. Since I am an only child, my mother depends on me. I would like to formally apologize for not being able to start my career at the proper time and I believe that I can begin the work by the end of the month June. I hope you understand my situation. Yours sincerely, Ammu Jose