The Grandmothers
  • Published:
    Jan-2004 (Hardcover)
    Jan-2005 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    336
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Shocking, intimate, often uncomfortably honest, these stories reaffirm Doris Lessing's unequalled ability to capture the truth of the human condition

In the title novel, two friends fall in love with each other's teenage sons, and these passions last for years, until the women end them, vowing a respectable old age. In Victoria and the Staveneys, a young woman gives birth to a child of mixed race and struggles with feelings of estrangement as her daughter gets drawn into a world of white privilege. The Reason for It traces the birth, faltering, and decline of an ancient culture, with enlightening modern resonances. A Love Child features a World War II soldier who believes he has fathered a love child during a fleeting wartime romance and cannot be convinced otherwise.
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    •  
    • Jan-2005
    • HarperPerennial
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0060530111
    • ISBN13: 9780060530112
    • First Edition
    • Jan-2004
    • HarperCollins
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0060530103
    • ISBN13: 9780060530105
    •  
    • Oct-2009
    • Harper
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0061847666
    • ISBN13: 9780061847660
    •  
    • Oct-2009
    • HarperCollins
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Apr-2012
    • HarperCollins (UK)
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0007383568
    • ISBN13: 9780007383566
    •  
    • Jan-2003
    • BBC Audiobooks
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1405610883
    • ISBN13: 9781405610889
    • Large Print
    •  
    • May-2005
    • Thorndike Press
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0786272228
    • ISBN13: 9780786272228
    • Large Print



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