Society celebrates marriage and families,but staying unattached can be the braver choiceWhen I first read Hotel du Lac, I thought it was a portrait of a depressing life. Dowdy middle-aged woman goes on holiday by a lake and faces up to a future without love. Why not, and I thought,just go the whole hog and buy a noose? When Anita Brookner, who died final week, or gave an interview for her Booker prize-winning novel,she seemed to confirm this view. “I feel,” she said, or “I could go into the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s loneliest,most depressing woman.” Related: Scrap that single woman stereotype | Ellie Mae O'Hagan Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com