{"product_id":"martha-quest-9780060959692","title":"Martha Quest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I read the Children of Violence novels and began to understand how a person could write about the problems of the world in a compelling and beautiful way. And it seemed to me that was the most important thing I could ever do.\" -- Barbara Kingsolver\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntelligent, sensitive, and fiercely passionate, Martha Quest is a young woman living on a farm in Africa, feeling her way through the torments of adolescence and early womanhood. She is a romantic idealistic in revolt against the puritan snobbery of her parents, trying to live to the full with every nerve, emotion, and instinct laid bare to experience. For her, this is a time of solitary reading daydreams, dancing -- and the first disturbing encounters with sex. The first of Doris Lessing's timeless Children of Violence novels, Martha Quest is an endearing masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060959692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.32w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/29\/2007 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Doris Lessing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43271726989493,"sku":"9780060959692","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b3a256fa-2e4f-40e8-82e8-9287a9f1dd84.jpg?v=1699956298","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/martha-quest-9780060959692","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}