Jenny Diski and Doris Lessing

Send us Fan MailIn this week’s mini, we take a look at British writer Jenny Diski and her relationship with famed novelist Doris Lessing, who took a teenaged Jenny into her home. Though Lessing never adopted Diski, they had a long and at times awkward pseudo-familial relationship that Diski explored in her writing. Links: Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told? by Jenny DiskiLost Ladies of Lit with Hilma WolitzerSkating to Antarctica  by Jenny Diski The Golden Notebook by Doris LessingMemoirs of a Survivor by Doris LessingJenny Diski in The London Review of BooksSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter.Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast