{"product_id":"martha-quest-9780060959692","title":"Martha Quest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I read the Children of Violence novels and began to understand how a person could write about the problems of the world in a compelling and beautiful way. And it seemed to me that was the most important thing I could ever do.\" -- Barbara Kingsolver\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntelligent, sensitive, and fiercely passionate, Martha Quest is a young woman living on a farm in Africa, feeling her way through the torments of adolescence and early womanhood. She is a romantic idealistic in revolt against the puritan snobbery of her parents, trying to live to the full with every nerve, emotion, and instinct laid bare to experience. For her, this is a time of solitary reading daydreams, dancing -- and the first disturbing encounters with sex. The first of Doris Lessing's timeless Children of Violence novels, Martha Quest is an endearing masterpiece.\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 01\/23\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.32w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060959692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/29\/2007 pg. 52\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":43110629769331,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":24.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_c403c14c-9d88-4d21-8520-3ff6c328e094.jpg?v=1748982698","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/martha-quest-9780060959692","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}