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malaise

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9. You sound like my best friend from childhood

Reply to LisaLynne (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 07:52 AM

Nov 2013

I find it amazing that just three weeks after her younger son died, she went peacefully.

I suspect she stayed alive to look after him since he had several health problems.

She was a great writer.

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Oh Dear - Doris Lessing is dead [View all] malaise Nov 2013 OP

She is my favorite author, a true genius. LisaLynne Nov 2013 #1

You sound like my best friend from childhood malaise Nov 2013 #9

Yes, it sounds as though she was holding on for him. LisaLynne Nov 2013 #16

She was a genuinely honest woman malaise Nov 2013 #17

KnR for a towering 20th Century author Hekate Nov 2013 #2

Yes, I read that yesterday--she looked pretty good in her nineties. RIP. nt MADem Nov 2013 #3

Her writing lives on tavernier Nov 2013 #4

I read Canopus in Argos: Archives Ichingcarpenter Nov 2013 #5

The Grass is Singing was the first of her novels that I read malaise Nov 2013 #8

A wonderful woman and a great talent. nt xchrom Nov 2013 #6

RIP LeftishBrit Nov 2013 #7

And, on a smaller front for smaller people, LWolf Nov 2013 #10

Yes, that is a great book. nt bemildred Nov 2013 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #12

Yes she did malaise Nov 2013 #13

I was introduced to her writing in college... magical thyme Nov 2013 #14

I Was Very Sorry To Learn Of This, Ma'am The Magistrate Nov 2013 #15

Yes indeed Sir malaise Nov 2013 #19

Brilliant writer, brave feminist--"The Golden Notebook" Surya Gayatri Nov 2013 #18

Thank you, Doris Lessing. mia Nov 2013 #20

Not to thread jack Egnever Nov 2013 #21

What a life and gift to us. May she cross easy. nolabear Nov 2013 #22