About this title: Beginning with Kennedy's assassination in 1963, Doris Lessing's very autobiographical novel chronicles, over two decades, the story of Frances Lennox, her two sons, and her unsavory ex-husband, Johnny, a self-important Marxist who drops in and out of her life wreaking various kinds of havoc. At the end of the novel, a peripheral character named ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780066213347ISBN:0066213347
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: VG Used, Very Good in VG jacket. SOFT COVER, VG/VG, Harper Perennial, 2003, 0.9 in. H x 7.8 in. L x 5.3 in. W, 13.9 oz. This copy has visible but minimal creasing of the spine, is in otherwise Very Good condition. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
"The feels like an epic - the span of 3 generations who come together in a sixties setting all living in a large house. The children grow up and make their way in the world and travel to remote locations but inevitably paths cross again for the story to come full circle. I enjoyed this book as a summer read. I have never read any Lessing before and got quite engrossed in this at times. I didn't feel for all the characters in this book (of which there are many) hence my 3 stars."
"I really loved this book. I loved the characters and the descriptions of the conflict between society's views of relationships and how they played out for individuals.
The novel is a little disjointed because it takes place over a very long period. The benefit is you see how the characters grow up and interact later in their lives. I really enjoyed this book."
"Interesting concept, family and extended family over the course of a few decades. Some of the characters were intriguing, but overally the story, for me, strayed in too many different directions. It was like reading a mash-up of two different books."
"This book took me a while.....I read several other books in between..but I kept going back. I really cared for the main characters.....however mad I got at them at times......... I would love to hear what some of the book club members think of it...........but the books length might incite a riot......The book is set on two stages.....the world......and a large house on a side street in London....in the sixties. The author's note at the beginning states that the book is not autobiographical........but in reading her Nobel Prize speech.......it could have been a chapter in this book........
I was attracted to the author when she won the Nobel Prize......Her picture reminded me of my grandmother.....and being one of only 11 women authors to win in the field of literature.....I knew I had to seek her out again........I had read some of her sci fi works years ago, but they didn't stick with me....This book will....."
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