A Literary Lesson in Sex, Relationships & Madness
Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook
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8 min readJun 5, 2020
Talk about deflated egos. That was the woman’s thing. Christ we only felt complete at the feet of a king. Of course, I’m liberated now. I see life as it is. I call my soul my very own and I no longer covet his. No one else can get you through, I’ve learned with some regret. I’ve outgrown all my heroes, I’m cured of kings…