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  • n  English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)
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  • ‘Adore’ Gives Young Lovers to Robin Wright and Naomi Watts
    Naomi Watts and James Frecheville in “Adore,” based on a novella by Doris Lessing. “Adore” sounds like a brand of perfume or a Manhattan restaurant that opened during the stand-alone verb craze a few years back.
    Sept. 5, 2013 - New York Times
  • The Grandmothers ( 2012 )
    The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers. Two mothers living in a sleepy seaside town find their lifelong friendship put to the test when the community learns that they have fallen in love with each other's sons, and attempted to keep the relationships secret in director Anne Fontaine 's adaptation of Doris Lessing 's 2003 novella {-The Grandmothers}.
    Sept. 5, 2013 - New York Times
  • Mommy Issues, Or: It's Always Sonny In Cougartown
    Adapted by scripter Christopher Hampton from a Doris Lessing novella, the sand-and-surfy soap Adore centers on two Aussie friends (Robin Wright, Naomi Watts) who get into all kinds of trouble with each other's adolescent sons. Critic Ella Taylor says ... well, she pretty much says " Harrumph. "
    Sept. 5, 2013 - NPR

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