{"product_id":"a-proper-marriage-9780060976637","title":"A Proper Marriage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A totally modern work. Martha Quest is, above all, ironically percieved by the author in whose hands irony is an instrument of compassion.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Proper Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e is the second novel in Doris Lessing's classic \u003cem\u003eChildren of Violence \u003c\/em\u003eseries 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doris Lessing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060976637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLessing, Doris:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, \u003cstrong\u003eDoris Lessing\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eMartha Quest, The Golden Notebook, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Child\u003c\/em\u003e. She died in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110635765875,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4497a575-564d-45b0-83f7-23b5e801f944.jpg?v=1748982929","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-proper-marriage-9780060976637","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}