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When Memory Speaks: Exploring the Art of Autobiography by Jill Ker Conway

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3.0

Feminist literary theory that, while exceptionally lucid and well argued, left with me a feeling of "and so?" Perhaps I'm too deeply immersed in this field and the idea of agency - choosing one's life - to appreciate the scholarship. I did read the book avidly and quickly, and I loved each summary of the various lives.
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