Thierry Mugler, Galaxy Glamour
Daniele Bott
[Thames & Hudson Ltd]
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Doris Lessing: The Diaries of Jane Somers
The Diaries of Jane Somers, first published pseudonymously and separately as The Diary of a Good Neighbour and If The Old Could, appear here in one volume for the first time under Doris Lessing's name, together with a new preface by the author. While marking a return to the most realistic subject matter of Doris Lessing's early fiction, they are also a provocative new departure.
At the centre of both novels is attractive, intelligent magazine editor Jane Somers, whose wry perception informs and animates every page. Jane was an ambitious journalist concerned with success, clothes and comfort when her life changed. Her husband died, then her mother. Suddenly understanding her real inadequacy, Jane becomes deeply committed to the very old and deprived, making particular friends with one old woman, Maudie, whose life has been all struggle and poverty.
The Diaries of Jane Somers
Doris May Lessing
[Harper Collins Publishers]
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