New York: New American Library, 1970. First trade paperback edition, stated first printing. Soiling, scuffing to covers. A complete novel from Lessing's series, "Children of Violence". 345 pp. A novel about a very unconventional woman trapped in a conventional marriage. Very good condition.

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Title

A Proper Marriage

Publisher

New American Library, New York

Publication Date

1970

Language

English

ISBN 10

0060976632

ISBN 13

9780060976637

Binding

Wrappers

Edition

First Trade

Condition

Very Good

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"A totally modern work. Martha Quest is, above all, ironically percieved by the author in whose hands irony is an instrument of compassion." — New Republic

An unconventional woman trapped in a conventional marriage, Martha Quest struggles to maintain her dignity and her sanity through the misunderstandings, frustrations, infidelities, and degrading violence of a failing marriage. Finally, she must make the heartbreaking choice of whether to sacrifice her child as she turns her back on marriage and security.

A Proper Marriage is the second novel in Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence series of novels, each a masterpiece on its own right, and, taken together, an incisive and all-encompassing vision of our world in the twentieth century.

About the Author

Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, Doris Lessing was one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time, the recipient of a host of international awards. She wrote more than thirty books—among them the novels Martha Quest, The Golden Notebook, and The Fifth Child. She died in 2013.

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