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The Summer before the Dark Study Guide

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by Doris Lessing
About 8 pages (2,263 words)
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As Kate's family, from her husband to her youngest son, prepare to disperse in various directions for their summer plans, Kate is feeling a sense of loss. Unexpectedly she takes on a temporary job as an interpreter, as a favor to a friend of her husband.

Within a short time, Kate unconsciously takes on the role of nurturing employee, and she begins to question her new identities. She soon discovers that the identities she habitually takes on limit her real self, which tends to be submerged into an identity that no one recognizes.

Upon completing her task as interpreter, Kate hesitates about what to do and easily falls into an agreement to vacation with fellow coworker Jeffrey Merton. Once again, nearby individuals, whether family or friends, prevent her from introspection. Eventually she realizes the.....

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The Summer before the Dark from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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