“The two women were alone in the London flat.
"The point is," said Anna, as her friend came back from the telephone on the landing, "the point is, that as far as I can see, everything's cracking up."”

First lines, "Free Women: 1"
The Golden Notebook (1962)

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British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer … 1919–2013

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