Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this writer who is known both as a feminist and as a writer of religious fantasy, winner of the Somerset Maugham award in 1979. Maitland uses the experiences of one woman - who desperately wants a child but is unable to conceive - as an examination of the conflicts and choices faced by all women. 264 pp.