Bevor der letzte Zug fährt

Ruth Whiting, 37, should actually be happy. She lives in idyllic suburban London, has three healthy children, and her dentist husband comes home most weekends.
In truth, she is bored out of her mind, her life is an endless string of dates with other suburban women, and her time slips away over cake, sherry and mindless conversation. When her 18-year-old daughter becomes unintentionally pregnant, Ruth remembers how she became a mother young, before she even knew who she was. Now she wants to do everything she can to give her daughter a free choice.
In her novel, first published in 1958, Penelope Mortimer dissects the abysses of an unfree woman's life with sarcastic humour and at the same time shows the pain of unwanted motherhood. A topical topic, brilliantly told in a timeless way.