Oct 4th, 2008 · As she nears the end of her own life, Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing is attempting to make some sense of her beginnings: Her new novel, Alfred And Emily, imagines a better life for her parents — one in which they marry different people.
Aug 12th, 2008 · Published on the verge of the author's 89th birthday, Doris Lessing's Alfred & Emily is an idiosyncratic combination of personal history, public history and fiction — all about her father and mother.
Jul 30th, 2008 · Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage by Daniel Mark Epstine, Alfred & Emily by Doris Lessing and Furious Improvisation by Susan Quinn.