A celebration of the drama and intensity of the mother-child relationship, Margaret Drabble'sThe Millstone won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1965.
It is the Swinging Sixties, and Rosamund Stacey is young and inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way.
She conceals her ignorance beneath a show of independence, and becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand.
Although single parenthood is still not socially acceptable, she chooses to have the baby rather than to .
Penguin Books Ltd Millstone, paperback/margaret drabble
