“Houses were a particular nightmare for her, bringing into play two of the most conflicting forces in her nature: absolute dependence on living in surroundings that were both very comfortable and totally to her own taste; and an absolute distaste… — 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
