description: The lives of three women--Leila, married to an unfaithful husband; Becky, determined to escape the poverty in which she was raised; and Mary, a cleaning woman whose everyday life is a struggle to survive--intersect at a moment of crisis
language: English
title: The Longings of Women
titlecomplete: The Longings of Women
genres: Fiction, Family, Gender, Womens, Poverty, Feminism, Novels, Contemporary, Chick Lit, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1077
places: Boston, Massachusetts
publisher: G K Hall & Co