To Room Nineteen | Summary

Part 1
The story begins with a description of the history of Susan and Matthew Rawlings’s marriage, which has been a very practical union. They married in their late twenties after having known each other for some time and after having experienced other relationships. They, and their friends, consider them to be “well matched.”

Before their children came, Susan worked in an advertising firm while Matthew was a sub-editor for a London newspaper. They began their family in a house in Richmond, a suburb of London, and they eventually had four children. Their life...


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