The Summer Before the Dark
Overview
Nobel laureate Doris Lessing's classic novel of the pivotal summer in one woman's life is a brilliant excursion into the terrifying gulf between youth and old age. As the summer begins, Kate Brown--attractive, intelligent, forty-five, happily married, with a house in the London suburbs and three grown children--has no reason to expect that anything will change. But by summer's end the woman she was--living behind a protective camouflage of feminine charm and caring--no longer exists. The Summer Before the Dark takes us along on Kate's journey: from London to Turkey to Spain, from husband to lover to madness, on the road to a frightening new independence and a confrontation with herself that lets her finally and truly come of age.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780307390622
- ISBN-10: 0307390624
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: July 2009
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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