Titre : | The Millstone | Type de document : | Livres, articles, périodiques | Auteurs : | Margaret Drabble, Auteur | Editeur : | Harmondsworth : Penguin books | Année de publication : | 2010 | Collection : | Penguin books | Importance : | 166 p. | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-14-104172-8 | Langues : | Anglais (eng) | Mots-clés : | Anglais (langue) -- Littérature anglaise -- Roman | Index. décimale : | 821.111 Littérature anglaise. Littératures de langue anglaise | Résumé : | Winner of John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, The Millstone is a radical celebration of the mother-child relationship. It is the Swinging Sixties, and Rosamund Stacey is young and inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way. She conceals her ignorance beneath a show of independence, and becomes pregnant as a result of a one-night stand. Although single parenthood is still not socially acceptable, she chooses to have the baby rather than to seek an illegal abortion, and finds her life transformed by motherhood. |
The Millstone [Livres, articles, périodiques] / Margaret Drabble, Auteur . - Harmondsworth : Penguin books, 2010 . - 166 p.. - ( Penguin books) . ISBN : 978-0-14-104172-8 Langues : Anglais ( eng) Mots-clés : | Anglais (langue) -- Littérature anglaise -- Roman | Index. décimale : | 821.111 Littérature anglaise. Littératures de langue anglaise | Résumé : | Winner of John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, The Millstone is a radical celebration of the mother-child relationship. It is the Swinging Sixties, and Rosamund Stacey is young and inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way. She conceals her ignorance beneath a show of independence, and becomes pregnant as a result of a one-night stand. Although single parenthood is still not socially acceptable, she chooses to have the baby rather than to seek an illegal abortion, and finds her life transformed by motherhood. |
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