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Rachel, Rachel, formerly published as A Jest of God
Rachel Rachel formerly published as A Jest of God Author:Margaret Laurence One of the five "Manawaka" novels by one of Canada's major novelists, Margaret Laurence, the central character is a 34-year-old grade school teacher in a small Manitoba town, Rachel Cameron. Her father's death 14 years earlier forced Rachel to leave college and return home. She is trapped there by a tyrannically demanding mother, year-after-ye... more »ar classes of inattentive pupils, a school principal who knowingly takes advantage of Rachel's insecurities, and an older fellow teacher who insinuates herself into Rachel's life in an ambiguous way. All these combine with Rachel's secret longing for a child of her own to bring Rachel to a crucial stage in her emotional life. Then, in the summer, in a strange turn of events, Rachel unexpectedly finds release. Joanne Woodward starred in a film based on this novel.« less