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When Kate Brown’s husband departs for months in America, and her children have grown responsibly, she faces a sudden, unshared quiet in her home. The novel explores her inner life—how she copes with aging, the endurance of marriage, and the silence that follows family upheaval. It follows her emotional navigation of loneliness, domestic responsibilities, and the often unspoken roles of women in marriage and society.
First publish date: 1973
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Doris Lessing
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