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ISBN10: 0712354921
ISBN13: 9780712354929
Publisher: British Library
Published: Feb 27 2024
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.55 Width: 4.96 Depth: 7.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780712354929
Publisher: British Library
Published: Feb 27 2024
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.55 Width: 4.96 Depth: 7.40
Language: English
A tragi-comedy published in 1971 that looks at the experience of a woman escaping a broken marriage and trying to make a new home for grown-up children who no longer need her. Dealing with themes of abandonment, loneliness, liberation and love, Eleanor's emotional journey is often raw and dark, but at times funny and uplifting as she grapples with her newfound singledom under the critical eyes of her mother and mother-in-law, and the selfish attitudes of various suitors. Perfectly capturing the tone of the 70s, and the reality faced by so many women when forced to re-assess their roles as wife and mother.
The British Library Women Writers series is a curated collection of novels by female authors who enjoyed broad, popular appeal in their day. In a century during which the role of women in society changed radically, their fictional heroines highlight women's experience of life inside and outside the home through the decades in these rich, insightful and evocative stories.
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