A Proper Marriage

No cover — Doris Lessing: A Proper Marriage (1970, Plume)

Published Nov. 1, 1970 by Plume.

ISBN:: 978-0-452-25310-0

(4 reviews)

An unconventional woman trapped in a conventional marriage, Martha Quest struggles to maintain her dignity and her sanity through the misunderstandings, frustrations, infidelities, and degrading violence of a failing marriage. Finally, she must make the heartbreaking choice of whether to sacrifice her child as she turns her back on marriage and security.

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4 stars

A dark and well-considered story that mirrors societal collapse at the outset of WWII with marital collapse and draws together these connected circumstances brilliantly.

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