The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing
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.
Format: Paperback | 288 pages
Dimensions (cm): 20.3 x 13.2 x 1.5 | 232g
Publication Date: 14 Jul 2009
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0307390624
ISBN13: 9780307390622
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including minor scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.