Phyllis Rose
be clear i have not read every single essay/excerpt in this, but i've read quite a few and i love love love it and look forward to delving into it for many years to come This amazingly rich lode of memoirs, letters, and diaries jumbles together a great roster ofthcentury women, including Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Bernadette Devlin, Emily Mashinini, Sara Suleri, and Santha Rama Rau.
There are the usual women we've all heard of and then many who were more obscure, at least to me, These are pieces from memoirs, diaries, letters and each one gives a glimpse into a life experience, I especially liked reading the ones from countries other than the U, S. Very interesting to read perspectives of women throughout the world, Well, atpages this took quite a while to read, Mostly because my arms gave out trying to hold it up long before I wanted to stop reading, Many of theexcerpts caused me to research further to learn more about some of these amazing women from all parts of the world.
My personal favorites were in alphabetical order: Simmon de Beauvoir conceited Vera Brittain death is the end Emilie Carles WWNien Cheng cultural revolution China's's which also reminded me of the wonderful book "Wild Swans" Isak Dinesen Karen Blixen about Kenya Anne Frank memoirs of a typical dutch teenager killed by Nazis Emily Hahn opium addiction in's China Helen Keller the story of my life Anne Morrow Lindburgh excerpt from one of my favorite books of all time "Gift from the Sea" Onnie Lee Logan midwife Beryl Markham pilot in Africa for game hunters Emma Mashini showed the arrogance and ignorance of white South Africans Mary McCarthy interesting look at Catholicism by a teenager Nisa !Kung first hand narrative of one of the last primitive hunter/gatherers on the planet and my favorite in this book by Florida ScottMaxwell concerning memories in old age.
Funny but so true! This book will encourage you to read more of the writings of these amazing women, Austin gave this book to me for Valentine's Day, . . in. I finally decided this year to read all the way through it, and I'm so glad I did, It offers a great variety of autobiographical material written by women some famous, others I'd never heard of in my life,
This is an excellent jumping off point if you're interested in women's autobiographies, obviously but the international nature of it is fantastic.
Even stories hailing from the same country differ wildly there's an excerpt from Nien Cheng's Life and Death in Shanhai an account of her persecution and imprisonment in China during the Cultural Revolution, as well as a piece from Emily Hahn, an American who lived in China in thes and became an opium addict.
I thoroughly enjoyed allpages and the introduction to many writers and their experiences, To be savored as it is devoured, It took me three and a half months, but I finally finished this book! The editor helpfully suggests that you only read the sections which seem of interest to you, but I arrogantly disregarded that suggestion and slogged my way through the whole thing.
To anybody who's thinking of reading this book, I would like to reiterate the editor's suggestion, That said, it was nice to read all of the excerpts and gain a new appreciation for just how varied the female experience is on this Earth.
I have added a few of the authors' whole works to my wanttoread list and look forward to reading them! This is a good book to dip into each day.
So far I've read the selections by Florida ScottMaxwell, Virginia Woolf, and Vita SackvilleWest, Must read for every woman, for every man just amazing little excerpts there's something in here for everyone, I've been dipping into this for at least a decade, just great collection, I will be reading this for a long time! wow, must read, beautiful accounts of incredible women, Plethora stories, so i've barely read cover to cover, but it's work to at least read an excerpt or two! The women in this book are phenomenal.
I have read many authors in this
book as they inspired me, Phyllis Rose is an American literary critic, essayist, biographer, and educator, She lives in Connecticut with her husband, writer and illustrator sitelink Laurent de Brunhoff Phyllis Rose is an American literary critic, essayist, biographer, and educator.
She lives in Connecticut with her husband, writer and illustrator sitelink Laurent de Brunhoff sitelink,
Le Ly Hayslip, the sixth child in a Vietnamese peasant family, describes a life pinched between the violence of Viet Cong revolutionaries and South Vietnamese republicans.
Poet and lesbian feminist Audre Lorde writes about being introduced to the wonders of reading as a stubborn, bright, legally blind youngster, "I lay spreadeagled on the floor of the Children's Room like a furious brown toad, screaming bloody murder and embarrassing my mother to death," she recalls.
Jill Ker Conway tells of her father's depression and death when a drought crushed their sheep farm in the Australian outback,
The excerpts drop us smack into the middle of each life inventive crossreferencing encourages the reader to fly back and forth, sampling other writings on "filial exasperation," for example, or child'seye views of romance and war.
Francesca Coltrera
Originally published: as The Norton book of women's lives, New York: Norton,.
There are the usual women we've all heard of and then many who were more obscure, at least to me, These are pieces from memoirs, diaries, letters and each one gives a glimpse into a life experience, I especially liked reading the ones from countries other than the U, S. Very interesting to read perspectives of women throughout the world, Well, atpages this took quite a while to read, Mostly because my arms gave out trying to hold it up long before I wanted to stop reading, Many of theexcerpts caused me to research further to learn more about some of these amazing women from all parts of the world.
My personal favorites were in alphabetical order: Simmon de Beauvoir conceited Vera Brittain death is the end Emilie Carles WWNien Cheng cultural revolution China's's which also reminded me of the wonderful book "Wild Swans" Isak Dinesen Karen Blixen about Kenya Anne Frank memoirs of a typical dutch teenager killed by Nazis Emily Hahn opium addiction in's China Helen Keller the story of my life Anne Morrow Lindburgh excerpt from one of my favorite books of all time "Gift from the Sea" Onnie Lee Logan midwife Beryl Markham pilot in Africa for game hunters Emma Mashini showed the arrogance and ignorance of white South Africans Mary McCarthy interesting look at Catholicism by a teenager Nisa !Kung first hand narrative of one of the last primitive hunter/gatherers on the planet and my favorite in this book by Florida ScottMaxwell concerning memories in old age.
Funny but so true! This book will encourage you to read more of the writings of these amazing women, Austin gave this book to me for Valentine's Day, . . in. I finally decided this year to read all the way through it, and I'm so glad I did, It offers a great variety of autobiographical material written by women some famous, others I'd never heard of in my life,
This is an excellent jumping off point if you're interested in women's autobiographies, obviously but the international nature of it is fantastic.
Even stories hailing from the same country differ wildly there's an excerpt from Nien Cheng's Life and Death in Shanhai an account of her persecution and imprisonment in China during the Cultural Revolution, as well as a piece from Emily Hahn, an American who lived in China in thes and became an opium addict.
I thoroughly enjoyed allpages and the introduction to many writers and their experiences, To be savored as it is devoured, It took me three and a half months, but I finally finished this book! The editor helpfully suggests that you only read the sections which seem of interest to you, but I arrogantly disregarded that suggestion and slogged my way through the whole thing.
To anybody who's thinking of reading this book, I would like to reiterate the editor's suggestion, That said, it was nice to read all of the excerpts and gain a new appreciation for just how varied the female experience is on this Earth.
I have added a few of the authors' whole works to my wanttoread list and look forward to reading them! This is a good book to dip into each day.
So far I've read the selections by Florida ScottMaxwell, Virginia Woolf, and Vita SackvilleWest, Must read for every woman, for every man just amazing little excerpts there's something in here for everyone, I've been dipping into this for at least a decade, just great collection, I will be reading this for a long time! wow, must read, beautiful accounts of incredible women, Plethora stories, so i've barely read cover to cover, but it's work to at least read an excerpt or two! The women in this book are phenomenal.
I have read many authors in this
book as they inspired me, Phyllis Rose is an American literary critic, essayist, biographer, and educator, She lives in Connecticut with her husband, writer and illustrator sitelink Laurent de Brunhoff Phyllis Rose is an American literary critic, essayist, biographer, and educator.
She lives in Connecticut with her husband, writer and illustrator sitelink Laurent de Brunhoff sitelink,