Writing a woman's life

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About this book

Drawing on the experience of celebrated women, from George Sand and Virginia Woolf to Dorothy Sayers and Adrienne Rich, Heilbrun examines the struggle these writers undertook when their drives made it impossible for them to follow the traditional "male" script for a woman's life. Refreshing and insightful, this is an homage to brave women past and present, and an invitation to all women to write their own scripts, whatever they may be.

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4.1/5 · 987 readers · 144 pages · ≈ 2 h 40 m · Challenging

How long does it take to read Writing a woman's life?

About ≈ 2 h 40 m — 144 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mWriting a woman's life~2 h 40 m

How many pages is Writing a woman's life?

144 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Writing a woman's life144

What genre is Writing a woman's life?

It sits on the Biography & Memoir shelves.

Is Writing a woman's life in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Writing a woman's life?

Carolyn G. Heilbrun (1926–2003).

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