More about a life's work

in the biographies of Elsie Locke Looking for answers and Alice Munro Lives of Mothers and daughters

Elsie Locke as a humanist, socialist, activist and writer; Munro as a short story writer. Amazingly focussed and hard working people managing children and domesticity with significant personal creative output.

An equal stillness by Francesca kay

And now a novel exploring the same territory as Her life's work that offers more insights and understanding. This book proves why I read fiction; to learn about something/someone different, to understand something/someone different and to think about myself in relation to the events/characters portrayed. This is a first novel with depth and power and a very worthy winner of the Orange Prize for new writers. A study of a woman's life, her aspirations, her constraints, her marriage, her husband's attitudes, her mothering, her children, her creativity, her challenges, her integrity and her legacy. Also I learnt a lot about art along the way.
Here is an interview with the author about An equal stillness but please read the book to meet an artist struggling to meet the demands of her domestic life.