“This Freedom” is a novel about a young British woman growing up in a poor family just to understand that the world she lives in totally belongs to men. Yet, she decides to change that, first by hard studying and then by building a successful career. She also falls in love and starts a perfect marriage where she and her husband have equal roles and equal career success. Yet, over time, problems start, and the protagonist has to make hard choices to balance work and family life. Although written a century ago and first perceived as anti-feminist, this book has a deep sense and remains topical today — as the work-life balance problem is as persistent today as it was a hundred years ago.
