What We Are Reading Today: ‘A Life of One’s Own’

Author: Joanna Biggs When author Joanna Biggs’ marriage fell apart, she went to her bookshelf to pick up the pieces. She pulled books by often-considered legendary, well-established figures — women whose names define eras — but Biggs approached them through a more focused, personal lens, searching for how each of them rebuilt their lives and their identities through writing. The result is “A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again,” published in 2023. Part memoir-part criticism and full of reflective introspection, Biggs re-examined the works of these women who had shaped her life.

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