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    <![CDATA[Writing a Woman's Life]]>
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    <![CDATA[With subtlety and great eloquence, Carolyn Heilbrun shows how, throughout the centuries, those who write about women's lives--biographers <em>and</em>autobiographers--have suppressed the truth of the female experience, in order to make the &quot;written life&quot; conform to the expectations of what that life should be. Heilbrun also examines literature's silence on such vital topics as friendship between women, the female physical experience, and the richness that often imbues a women's later years. Recommended reading for everyone, especially women and writers.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book seemed much more dated than it did the first time I read it, shortly after its publication, but the fundamental message remains relevant despite the fact that today's women have far more socially legitimate options than those who provide Heilbrun's examples.<br/><br/>The main reason for ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77623363">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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