The cost of living

a working autobiography

Pages: 134
Published: 2018
Language: English

This vibrant memoir is a portrait of contemporary womanhood in flux, an urgent quest to find a major female character who can exist more easily in the world. Deborah Levy considers what it means for a woman to unsettle old boundaries and collapse social hierarchies that make her a minor character. She reflects on living with meaning, value, and pleasure, and the freedom of writing our own lives, drawing on the work of various artists and thinkers.