"Whom do I tell when I tell a blank page?" Virginia Woolf's question is one that generations of readers and writers searching to map a cr...
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Nov 30, 2010
Jean
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I didn't read all the portraits. Teh one I loved was on the diarist Alice james, the sister of that bigshot Henry James. Here is what Alexandra Johnson had to say about our Alice:
"Thumbing through stacks of foreign dictionaries, Alice and her brothers learned an invaluable lesson early in life: the verb "to be" is irregular in almost every language."
That's cool!
"Thumbing through stacks of foreign dictionaries, Alice and her brothers learned an invaluable lesson early in life: the verb "to be" is irregular in almost every language."
That's cool!
Sep 06, 2008
Martha
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Like the other book by Alexandra Johnson that I read, "Leaving a Trace," this one was very repetitive and could have had more depth. (I would probably have rated both 2-1/2 stars if GoodReads allowed half-star ratings.)
I did learn about Marjory Fleming, an 18th-century child author I had never heard of before, and learned a little about Alice James, Katherine Mansfield, and Sonya Tolstoy. But I kept wishing there had been more quotes from the journals or factual biographic More...
I did learn about Marjory Fleming, an 18th-century child author I had never heard of before, and learned a little about Alice James, Katherine Mansfield, and Sonya Tolstoy. But I kept wishing there had been more quotes from the journals or factual biographic More...
Dec 30, 2010
Kelly
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I've found a new favorite author. Sadly, I think she's written only two books.
Dec 20, 2009
hannah
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Totally not what I expected (an anthology) but utterly fascinating anyway, and an inspiring read that is making me journal much more deliberately.
Mar 08, 2011
Patricia
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I would highly recommend this book so full of the famous who kept a constant journal faithfully. It is ment to read and savor slowly and then possibly read again.
Oct 10, 2007
Karen
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This was a wonderful read and afterwards I ended up buying Many of the autobiographies of the women she wrote about including Alice James, Sophia Tolstoy, Virginia Wolf...
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