- Motherhood, Children with disabilities, Mothers of children with disabilities, Women anthropologists
Her promising career in 1960s London interrupted by an affair with a married professor that renders her a single mother, Jessica Speight faces wrenching questions about responsibility, potential, and compassion when her sunny child reveals unique needs.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Margaret Drabble
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 296
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Canada, Ulverscroft Large Print Books, Editorial Sexto Piso
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781782111108
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