The Diaries of Jane Somers
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First published in 1984, under a pseudonym, as 'The Diary of a Good Neighbour' and 'If the Old Could ...', now published as 'The Diaries of Jane Somers', this is in many ways classic Lessing. As resonant with social and political themes as 'The Golden Notebook', Lessing returns to the realism of her early fiction with the wisdom and experience of maturity. The diaries introduce us to Jane, an intelligent and beautiful magazine editor concerned with success, clothes and comfort. But her real inadequacy is highlighted when first her husband, then her mother, die from cancer and Jane feels strangely removed. In an attempt to fill t
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Manufacturer: Flamingo
Release date: 15 April 2002
ISBN-10 : 0007136447 | ISBN-13: 9780007136445
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Release date: 15 April 2002
ISBN-10 : 0007136447 | ISBN-13: 9780007136445
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