The Golden Notebook Author:Doris Lessing "A long and complex novel which draws on all the talents and insights of this gifted woman. It is no ordinary work of fiction, either in manner or matter... Anna and her friend, Molly, see themselves as 'free women' trying to live their lives with the freedom of men. Each has shed a man after bearing a child and now takes or leaves men as fancy ... more »dictates..." -- John Barkham, Saturday Review Syndicate
"Mrs. Lessing has explored seriously and candidly the difficulties of a free woman, an intelligent woman, in her relations with men. Only a woman could have written these passages--and only a very extraordinary woman..." -- Granville Hicks« less