345 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 1991 by Plume.
A proper marriage
a complete novel from Doris Lessing's masterwork Children of violence Children of violence
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.
Subjects
- Women
- British
- Fiction
Places
- Southern Africa
- Zimbabwe