The Millstone
Author: Drabble, Margaret
ISBN: 9780141041728
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 10 May 2010
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
A classic 60s novel - being a single mother just as the decade begins to swing
Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling.
Margaret Drabble's The Millstone was published in 1965. Set in a London not yet quite swinging, where sexual liberation is still on its way, this prize-winning novel follows the progress of Rosamund Stacey, who becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand, and must adapt to life as a single mother - finding herself transformed in the process.
ISBN: 9780141041728
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 10 May 2010
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
A classic 60s novel - being a single mother just as the decade begins to swing
Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling.
Margaret Drabble's The Millstone was published in 1965. Set in a London not yet quite swinging, where sexual liberation is still on its way, this prize-winning novel follows the progress of Rosamund Stacey, who becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand, and must adapt to life as a single mother - finding herself transformed in the process.
