A day off.
First published in 1933, this outstanding collection is made up of two short novels, A Day Off and The Single Heart , and three long stories which show the variety of the author's great writing skills that make her one of the most distinguished of women writers. In A Day Off , Jameson tells of a day in the life of a middle-aged woman. A lonely woman, snatching at any relationship she can make. It is a story of great perception and understanding but tinged with bitterness and the inevitable sadness of isolation.