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Doris Lessing - The Grass Is Singing Episodes

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  1. The Inevitable

    10/10 As Mary and Dick prepare to leave the farm forever, threat and revenge lead to tragedy.

  2. Breakdown

    9/10 Dick considers selling the Rhodesia farm, but can Mary live without her servant Moses?

  3. Moses the Protector

    8/10 Mary's servant Moses assumes an unsettling role as her husband's health worsens.

  4. Moses Becomes Houseboy

    7/10 Mary's plans for the farm in 1940s Rhodesia face the harsh reality of the African climate.

  5. Face to Face With Resentment

    6/10 With Mary Turner's husband ill, she must face managing the farm and its workers alone.

  6. Trying to Build a Future

    5/10 Mary Turner struggles with her husband's ever more desperate plans for the farm.

  7. Mary's Problems With Houseboys

    4/10 Mary Turner struggles to come to terms with her new marriage under the hot African sun.

  8. Marriage and the Homestead

    3/10 Mary Turner no longer wants to be single, but can she find a husband she can live with?

  9. Back to the Past

    2/10 Mary Turner likes her single life, but cutting remarks make her reconsider her future.

  10. A Murder

    1/10 Mary Turner, wife of a failed white farmer, is trapped by increasing poverty and tragedy.