Solo: Women on Woman Alone

by linda-hamalian-leo-hamalian

367 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1977

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite being nearly 40 years old, this collection of essays on solitary women--living alone, lonely in marriages, happily divorced and unhappily widowed--together present some of the most complex portrayals of women's inner lives that I've ever read.

[Gribblet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Almost any collection of short stories can make me a happy reader, because a collection has by necessity gone through some basic quality filtering - but this one was quite a bit better than usual. The theme lends itself to a kind of strength in numbers, oddly enough, and each story felt as if it were an easter egg in the carton, all lined up with different ideas and colors but one unifying concept and each egg was a grand experience to pick up and examine.

I would like to say that "An Old Woman And Her Cat" showed me some things about writing that I hadn't known and I am grateful for the lesson. Doris Lessing tells you what's going to happen in the very beginning of the story, yet still manages to keep you in suspense until the very end. that's a trick that I'd like to learn.

[Julene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book of stories long ago. It holds a wide range of authors work with themes on struggle, tragedy, and independence.