Adore

“Lessing sets the scene instantly, viscerally, and explores the folds and recesses of character with astonishing economy.”

—Boston Globe

“[Lessing] has a seismographer’s feel for the fissures beneath the surface of family and for the tension between personal yearning and society’s conventions.”

—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Intensely readable…. [Lessing] offers startling perspectives on domesticity and desire.”

—O, The Oprah Magazine

“Powerful… beautifully realized.”

—Miami Herald

“A keen sociological eye for class and ideology; an understanding of the contradictory impulses of the human heart; an ability to conjure a place, a mood, and a time through seemingly matter-of-fact descriptions.”

—Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

“Stunning… showing Lessing’s trademark incisiveness.”

—Vogue

“Lessing is an incisive chronicler of our times and a wickedly honest storyteller.”

—New Orleans Times-Picayune

“At once intimately detailed yet infinitely expansive in the suggestions of a lost world only recoverable by a profoundly observant writer… showing [Lessing] at the top of her very impressive form.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Brilliantly written…. Lessing is at the top of her game.”

—Library Journal (starred)