Alfred and Emily
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Published
New York : Harper, ©2008., New York : Harper, [2008].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Fort Morgan Public Library - FICTION | FIC LES | On Shelf | |
Nederland Community Library - FICTION | Fic Lessing | On Shelf | |
West Routt Library District - FICTION | F LES | 00012877 | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Amputees -- Great Britain -- Biography.
British -- Zimbabwe -- Biography.
Domestic fiction.
Lessing, Doris, -- 1919-2013 -- Family -- Biography.
Lessing, Doris, -- 1919-2013 -- Family -- Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects.
British -- Zimbabwe -- Biography.
Domestic fiction.
Lessing, Doris, -- 1919-2013 -- Family -- Biography.
Lessing, Doris, -- 1919-2013 -- Family -- Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects.
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Published
New York : Harper, ©2008., New York : Harper, [2008].
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
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Doris Lessing explores the lives of her parents, each irrevocably damaged by the Great War. Her father wanted the simple life of an English farmer, but shrapnel almost killed him in the trenches, and thereafter he had to wear a wooden leg. Her mother, Emily, spent the war nursing the wounded in the Royal Free Hospital after her great love, a doctor, drowned in the Channel. In the fictional first half of the book, Doris Lessing imagines the happier lives her parents might have made for themselves had there been no war--a story that begins with their meeting at a village cricket match outside Colchester. This is followed by an examination of their relationship as it actually was, the family's move to Africa, and the impact of her parents' marriage on herself, a young woman growing up in a strange land.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lessing, D. (2008). Alfred and Emily (First U.S. edition.). Harper.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. 2008. Alfred and Emily. Harper.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Alfred and Emily Harper, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lessing, Doris. Alfred and Emily First U.S. edition., Harper, 2008.
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