Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

The graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman. -- Time This excellent autobiography...of the bending of the twig is, in certain respects, more sympathetic than the later leafings of the tree; but the line between the child Simone and the woman of The Second Sex and The Mandarins is direct and clear. -- Joan Brace, Chicago Sunday Times It is a book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way. -- Elizabeth Janeway, New York Times This is perhaps the best piece of writing Mlle. de Beauvoir has yet done; the translator does it justice. -- Germaine Bref, Saturday Review This is perhaps the best piece of writing Mlle. de Beauvoir has yet done; the translator does it justice. --Saturday Review [Beauvoir s] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman. --Time It is a book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way. --New York Times [Beauvoir's] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman. --Time It is a book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way. --New York Times This is perhaps the best piece of writing Mlle. de Beauvoir has yet done; the translator does it justice. --Saturday Review