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"The life she describes is heroic...yet astonishingly full, with political work, writing, friendships, lovers and travel."-- San Francisco Chronicle

The second volume of Doris Lessing's extraordinary autobiography covers the years 1949-62, from her arrival... Read Full Overview

The second volume of Doris Lessing's extraordinary autobiography covers the years 1949-62, from her arrival in war-weary London with her son, Peter, and the manuscript for her first novel, The Grass is Singing, under her arm to the publication of her most famous work of fiction,... Read Full Overview

The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

'Walking in the Shade' begins in 1949, as Doris Lessing arrives in London with nothing but her young son and the manuscript of her first novel. With humour and clear-sightedness,... Read Full Overview