My Autobiography - Volume 2, 1949-1962 - Walking in the Shade

Walking in the Shade is the second volume of Doris Lessing's autobiography. It begins in 1949, on her arrival in London from Africa, with nothing but her young son and the manuscript of her first novel. With humour and clear-sightedness, Doris Lessing chronicles her battles, both personal and political, of the next decade. She takes us through her involvement with communism, her love affairs, her struggle with poverty, the difficulties she faced as a single mother - to emerge as one of the most exciting, ground-breaking writers of the post-war generation.