A celebration of the drama and intensity of the mother-child relationship, Margaret Drabble\'sThe Millstone won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1965.
Although single parenthood is still not socially acceptable, she chooses to have the baby rather than to.
She conceals her ignorance beneath a show of independence, and becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand.
It is the Swinging Sixties, and Rosamund Stacey is young and inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way.
A celebration of the drama and intensity of the mother-child relationship, Margaret Drabble\'sThe Millstone won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1965