Part of Virago's Five Gold Reads: five reissues of significant titles representing fifty years of feminist publishing. Representing the 2010s, a return to the town of Gilead from Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time
He said, 'So are we getting married or not?'
And she said, 'If you want to, it's all right with me, I suppose. But I can't see how it's going to work.'
He nodded. 'There could be problems. I've thought about that. Quite a lot.'
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