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Eleanor Darcy, whose modest background and unassuming appearance mask a fierce intellect, is married to an economist who serves the Prime Minister. When her husband is jailed for endangering the nation’s finances, Eleanor steps into the spotlight as the visionary who whispers utopian ideas into the ears of the political establishment. Two journalists, Hugo Vansitart and Valerie Jones, gain exclusive access to her. Hugo seeks the practical truth behind her concepts; Valerie pursues the emotional struggle that fuels her activism. Together they create portraits that reveal Eleanor’s bold proposals for child‑rearing, abortion, education, integration, fundamentalism, economics, and gender relations—an unorthodox blueprint for a transformed society.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Fay Weldon
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