The Summer Before The Dark

About the book

The story of a middle-aged womans search for freedom, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Her four children have flown, her husband is otherwise occupied, and after twenty years of being a good wife and mother, Kate Brown is free for a summer of adventure. She plunges into an affair with a younger man, travelling abroad with him, and, on her return to England, meets an extraordinary young woman whose charm and freedom of spirit encourages Kate in her own liberation. Kates new life has brought her a strange unhappiness, but as the summer months unfold, a darker, disquieting journey begins, devastating in its consequences.

A novel of self-discovery that bears the hallmarks of Lessings brilliance, honesty and power to move the reader, The Summer Before the Dark has been hailed by some as Lessings best book.

Item Descritpion:

Near fine copy with slight shelf wear to spine. Dust jacket near fine with very minor shelf wear to corners and spine edges.