A celebration of the drama and intensity of the mother-child relationship, Margaret Drabble'sThe Millstone won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1965. It is the Swinging Sixties, and Rosamund Stacey is young and inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way. She conceals her ignorance beneath a show of independence, and becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand. Although single parenthood is still not socially acceptable, she chooses to have the baby rather than to seek an illegal abortion, and finds her life transformed by motherhood. Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood.
DRABBLE MARGARET
Es una novelista y crítica literaria inglesa. Estudió en Cambridge y en 1960 se unió a la Royal Shakespeare Company. Sin embargo, Drabble abandonó la compañía para iniciar una carrera literaria. Su primera novela, A Summer Bird Cage, fue publicada en 1963. Entre 1980 y 1982, presidió la National Book League. Ha obtenido los premios James Llewelyn Rhys y el James Tait Black Memorial Prize. La Universidad de Cambridge le otorgó un doctorado honorario en 2006. En 2008 recibió la condecoración de Dama Comandante de la Orden del Imperio Británico. En 2011 recibió el Premio Golden Pen.
