Martha Quest Author:Doris Lessing The heroine of this powerful, searching novel is a passionate and intelligent young woman whose ideals are totally at odds with the life around her. The daughter of provincial parents, Martah Quest has been raised in a small-minded town in Rhodesia. . . Martha Quest is a true child of the 20th century. Her personal conflicts mirror the convulsio... more »ns and aspirations of the time: her successful rebellion, her liberation and its tragic failures, and finally her despair tranmsuted into a relentless determination to understand life.« less