“Martha had been struck by a line in a Doris Lessing novel—“I don’t enjoy pleasure”—and decided that what she enjoyed in life were surprises and work. “But it’s alarming,” she wrote to Teecher, “to grow less and less gregarious. I… — Caroline Moorehead Copy Share Image
“This is a book about friendship between women, and the importance that they attach to intimacy and to looking after each other, and about… — Caroline Moorehead Copy Share Image
“Horribly aware of what was happening, conscious, as she had never been before, that it was possible both to love her mother more than… — Caroline Moorehead Copy Share Image
“One thing time has not removed from me,” she wrote to Grover, “the last toughness of youth, and that is to live alone. I… — Caroline Moorehead Copy Share Image
“Many years later, Martha revisited the same Caribbean islands. She found yachts and rubber Zodiac dinghies, plastic bottles on the seabed, casinos and boutiques… — Caroline Moorehead Copy Share Image
“Houses were a particular nightmare for her, bringing into play two of the most conflicting forces in her nature: absolute dependence on living in… — Caroline Moorehead Copy Share Image
“Cornered, she seemed to possess no mechanism for behaving well. By the same token, when not trapped or obliged to confront people or situations… — Caroline Moorehead Copy Share Image
“she admired the strength and kindness with which he handled his wife’s suicide attempts, saying that it taught her that all of life, including… — Caroline Moorehead Copy Share Image
“but travel, to new places where she could swim and write, while escaping the ensnaring kitchen of life, was becoming the one prospect that… — Caroline Moorehead Copy Share Image
“Martha had been struck by a line in a Doris Lessing novel—“I don’t enjoy pleasure”—and decided that what she enjoyed in life were surprises… — Caroline Moorehead Copy Share Image
