Jean Rhys: Good Morning, Midnight: Jean Rhys (Pocket Penguins)

In 1930s Paris, where one cheap hotel room is much like another, a young woman is teaching herself indifference. She has escaped personal tragedy and has come to France to find courage and seek independence. She tells herself to expect nothing, especially not kindness, least of all from men. Tomorrow, she resolves, she will dye her hair blonde.