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The Millstone
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Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, The Millstone is a radical celebration of the mother-child relationship.
It is the Swinging Sixties, and Rosamund Stacey is young and inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way. She conceals her ignorance beneath a show of independence, and becomes pregnant as a result of a one-night stand. Although single parenthood is still not socially acceptable, she chooses to have the baby rather than seek an illegal abortion, and finds her life transformed by motherhood.
'I have learned so much from Margaret Drabble's work. Her prose is very beautiful, very funny, and at the same time very serious. Novels like The Millstone and Jerusalem the Golden have helped me to understand what great writing can be' - Sally Rooney
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The Millstone by Margaret Drabble has been praised for its beautiful, funny, yet serious prose. Critics have described it as a momentous and timeless fable about womanhood, with Drabble's portrayal of Rosamund Stacey being particularly celebrated. The novel has been likened to the work of Dickens in how it captures the essence of late twentieth-century London.
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ISBN: 9781838857134
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 June 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Canons
Edition: Main - Canons
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 144g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Dame Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the author of twenty highly acclaimed novels. She has also written biographies, screenplays and was the editor of the Oxford Companion to English Literature. She was appointed CBE in 1980, and made DBE in the 2008 Honours list. She was also awarded the 2011 Golden PEN Award for a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature. She is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd.
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