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1) Martha Quest
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Children of violence series volume 1
Language
English
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"I read the Children of Violence novels and began to understand how a person could write about the problems of the world in a compelling and beautiful way. And it seemed to me that was the most important thing I could ever do." — Barbara Kingsolver
Intelligent, sensitive, and fiercely passionate, Martha Quest is a young woman living on a farm in Africa, feeling her way through the torments of adolescence and early womanhood.
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Children of violence series volume 2
Language
English
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An unconventional woman trapped in a conventional marriage, Martha Quest struggles to maintain her dignity and her sanity through the misunderstandings, frustrations, infidelities, and degrading violence of a failing marriage. Finally, she must make the heartbreaking choice of whether to sacrifice her child as she turns her back on marriage and security. A Proper Marriage is the second novel in Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence series of...
3) Landlocked
Author
Series
Children of violence series volume 4
Language
English
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When Martha Quest's second marriage begins to fall apart, she fights her growing disillusionment by engaging in a love affair that proves to be only temporarily successful.
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