The Habit of Loving Author:Doris Lessing A woman must face the revelation that her marriage is built upon a lie . . . a man must come to terms with the shocking discovery that sexual possession of his loved one is not enough . . . a teen-aged girl awakens to the needs of her budding womanhood, and learns the treachery of desire . . . a boy undergoes an initiation into manhood in a test... more » far beyond his years . . . two lovers take a nightmare journey to the limits of their emotions . . . No writer better captures the sharp-edged forces within the human heart, or the complex relationships between men and women.« less