The Summer Before the Dark — Doris Lessing.

The Summer Before the Dark — Doris Lessing.

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The Summer Before the Dark — Doris Lessing.

The Summer Before the Dark — Doris Lessing.

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Sale price  $7.00 Regular price 

Title: The Summer Before the Dark

Author: Doris Lessing

Publisher: Paladin / Grafton Books

Format: Paperback

Edition: Paladin Books edition, 1990. First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape in 1973.

ISBN: 0586088997 / 9780586088999

Condition: Second-hand. Paperback with shelf wear, rubbing to cover edges, creasing to spine and covers, and age-toned pages. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

The Summer Before the Dark follows Kate Brown, a middle-aged woman whose family life and identity are unsettled when her children are grown and her husband is away. Offered work as a translator, she begins a summer of travel, self-questioning and emotional dislocation, moving toward a new and uncomfortable understanding of herself.

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