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[Beauvoir's] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman. -- Time

"""It is a book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way."" -- New York Times ""[Beauvoir's] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman."" -- Time magazine ""This excellent autobiography . . . of the bending of the twig is, in certain respects, more sympathetic than the later leafings of the tree; but the line between the child Simone and the woman of The Second Sex and The Mandarins is direct and clear."" -- Chicago Sunday Times ""This is perhaps the best piece of writing Mlle. de Beauvoir has yet done; the translator does it justice."" -- Saturday Review"

"""It is a book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way."" -- New York Times ""[Beauvoir's] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman."" -- Time ""This excellent autobiography . . . of the bending of the twig is, in certain respects, more sympathetic than the later leafings of the tree; but the line between the child Simone and the woman of The Second Sex and The Mandarins is direct and clear."" -- Chicago Sunday Times ""This is perhaps the best piece of writing Mlle. de Beauvoir has yet done; the translator does it justice."" -- Saturday Review"

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French Existentialist philosopher, novelist, essayist, editor, and groundbreaking feminist Simone De Beauvoir was born in Paris, where she lived most of her life. She was the author of the feminist classic The Second Sex, several volumes of autobiography, and highly acclaimed novels, including The Mandarins, winner of the Prix Goncourt.

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