A Life of One's Own

Title: A Life of One's Own Author: Joanna Biggs ISBN: 9780063073111 Publisher: Ecco Published: 2024 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Memoir 1672328 Publisher Description: Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by the New York Times, The Week, Vulture, Elle, and The Millions A piercing blend of memoir, criticism, and biography examining how women writers across the centuries carved out intellectual freedom for themselves--and how others might do the same I took off my wedding ring for the last time--a gold band with half a line of "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath etched inside--and for weeks afterwards, my thumb would involuntarily reach across my palm for the warm bright circle that had gone. I didn't fling the ring into the long grass, like women do in the movies, but a feeling began bubbling up nevertheless, from my stomach to my throat: it could