'Lynne Reid Banks' compassionate first novel examines the stigma of unmarried motherhood in pre-pill, pre-Abortion Act Britain... While the social climate has changed drastically since publication, a transgressive frisson still crackles from the pages' The Guardian Pregnant by accident, kicked out of home by her father, 27-year-old Jane Graham goes to ground in the sort of place she feels she deserves - a bug-ridden boarding-house attic in Fulham. She thinks she wants to hide from the world, but finds out that even at the bottom of the heap, friends and love can still be found, and self-respect is still worth fighting for.
The main story is entirely about Jane, a heterosexual unmarried pregnant woman, and her relationship with a male writer named Toby.
Details
| ISBN | 9780099469636 |
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| Copyright Date | 2004 |
| Publication Date | January 1, 2004 |
| Publisher | Vintage |
| Format | Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 272 |
| Language | English |
| Notes | While the book (and 1962 film) has a lesbian character named Mavis - an elderly, lonely former actress who lives in the boarding house with her cat and a photograph of her deceased female partner - this is a secondary/supporting character in an ensemble cast. The main story is entirely about Jane, a heterosexual unmarried pregnant woman, and her relationship with a male writer named Toby. |
| Genre | Family; Historical Fiction; Movie/Media Tie-In; Relationships |
| Subject | Nineteen Fifties - Fiction; Unmarried Mothers - Fiction |