The MillstoneHMH, 15 oct 1998 - 192 páginas The story of an upper-middle-class unwed mother in 1960s London, from a novelist who is “often as meticulous as Jane Austen and as deadly as Evelyn Waugh” (Los Angeles Times). In a newly swinging London, Rosamund Stacey indulges in a premarital sexual encounter—and soon thereafter finds herself pregnant. Despite her fierce independence and academic brilliance, Rosamund is in fact naïve and unworldly, and the choices before her are terrifying. But in the perfection and helplessness of her baby she finds an unconditional love she has never known before—and as she navigates a situation still considered scandalous in her circles, she may discover that motherhood and independence need not be mutually exclusive. From “one of Britain’s most dazzling writers,” the award-winning author of The Dark Flood Rises, The Millstone captures both a moment in history when women’s lives were changing dramatically and the timeless truths of the female experience (The New York Times Book Review). |
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... means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be ...
... means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be ...
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... means customary for wives to sign hotel registers, and can only assume that I was made to do so because of the status ... mean by this?" She did not say this with amusement, or with venom, or with reprobation: but with a weary crossness ...
... means customary for wives to sign hotel registers, and can only assume that I was made to do so because of the status ... mean by this?" She did not say this with amusement, or with venom, or with reprobation: but with a weary crossness ...
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... means, they all accepted instantly. As soon as I had said the words, I realized that they had had their eyes on my bottle ... mean." We didn't, quite, but we laughed, and had some more gin, and told some more stories, this time about the ...
... means, they all accepted instantly. As soon as I had said the words, I realized that they had had their eyes on my bottle ... mean." We didn't, quite, but we laughed, and had some more gin, and told some more stories, this time about the ...
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... mean. I never told anybody that George was the rather of my child. People would have been highly astonished had I told them, as he was so incidental to my life that nobody even knew that I knew him. They would have asked me if I was ...
... mean. I never told anybody that George was the rather of my child. People would have been highly astonished had I told them, as he was so incidental to my life that nobody even knew that I knew him. They would have asked me if I was ...
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... mean? Anyway, he would take me seriously when I made remarks (not intended seriously) like "Well, Henry James was very creative" or "Shakespeare wrote more plays than any of his contemporaries": so his desires must have been grandiose ...
... mean? Anyway, he would take me seriously when I made remarks (not intended seriously) like "Well, Henry James was very creative" or "Shakespeare wrote more plays than any of his contemporaries": so his desires must have been grandiose ...
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