{"product_id":"2026200010317-secondhand-the-millstone","title":"The Millstone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of 1960s British fiction, The Millstone chronicles the story of Rosamund Stacey, a fiercely independent and intellectually guarded young academic in London who falls pregnant after a single, almost accidental encounter — and resolves, against all social expectation, to raise the child alone. Margaret Drabble constructs the novel with a cool, ironic precision that cuts to the heart of mid-century womanhood: the tension between ambition and domesticity, self-sufficiency and vulnerability, and the quiet, transformative power of unconditional love.\n\nDrabble's prose is razor-sharp and deceptively understated, presenting Rosamund's interior life with a clinical detachment that slowly gives way to profound emotional depth. The novel stands as a definitive document of a generation of educated women navigating a world that had not yet caught up with their intelligence or their needs. A story about isolation, identity, and the most unexpected of bonds, The Millstone leaves the reader asking: can the very thing that weighs us down also set us free?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130666459355,"sku":"2026200010317-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/211ee32a-58ee-4799-a356-ba8f4016e5af.png?v=1786588252","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010317-secondhand-the-millstone","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}