Written by Herself: Volume 2: Women's Memoirs From Britain, Africa, Asia and the United States Paperback - 1996
by Jill Ker Conway
With the same penetrating insight that made the New York Times bestseller Written by Herself, Volume I a source of enlightenment for thousands of readers, the author of The Road from Coorain gives readers a fresh new look at the ways women live and write, in a book that never fails to move, inspire, and instruct. Contributors include Isak Dinesen, Vivian Gornick, Gloria Wade-Gayles, Elspeth Huxley, and others.
First line
Margery (Freda) Perham was born the second daughter of a British country family in which horses, shooting, books, and adventure were taken for granted.
From the jacket flap
In this powerful new collection, the author of two of the most celebrated memoirs in recent years presents the autobiographical writings of 14 of her English-speaking predecessors and contemporaries. The women who tell their stories in Written By Herself, Vol. II represent three generations, four continents, and a range of experience that is equaled only by the diversity with which they transform life into literature.
Here are England's Vera Brittain, commemorating the deaths of the men she loved in the carnage of World War I; Emma Mashinini, who endured imprisonment and torture as a labor organizer in South Africa; Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the daughter of Indian aristocracy who became an architect of her country's independence; and Edith Mirante, the wisecracking American whose passion for justice took her to the opium trails of Burma. Collected in this stirring volume, their voices demonstrate the ways in which women strive for power, inclusion, and autonomy-- and never fail to move, inspire, and instruct us.
Contributors include: Margery Perham, Isak Dinesen, Shudha Mazumdar, Vivian Gornick, Vera Brittain, Elspeth Huxley, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Gloria Wade-Gayles, Angelica Garnett, Emma Mashinini, Meena Alexander, Edith Mirante, Mary Benson, and Ruth First.
Details
- Title Written by Herself: Volume 2: Women's Memoirs From Britain, Africa, Asia and the United States
- Author Jill Ker Conway
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st
- Pages 704
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1996-09-17
- ISBN 9780679751090 / 0679751092
- Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5 x 1.8 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 4.57 cm)
-
Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92050081
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Citations
- Library Journal, 10/01/1996, Page 92
More Copies for Sale
Written by Herself Volume II
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679751090 / 0679751092
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
- Item Price
-
A$2.27A$4.56 shipping to USA
Show Details
Written by Herself: Volume 2 Women's Memoirs From Britain, Africa, Asia and the United States
by Jill Ker Conway
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679751090 / 0679751092
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Davenport, Iowa, United States
- Item Price
-
A$7.60A$7.60 shipping to USA
Show Details
Written by Herself: Volume II, Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia, and the United States - An Anthology
by Conway, Jill Ker, ed.
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - vg
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679751090 / 0679751092
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
A$8.36A$8.36 shipping to USA
Show Details
Written by Herself: Volume 2: Women's Memoirs From Britain, Africa, Asia and the United States
by Jill Ker Conway
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679751090 / 0679751092
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Frederick, Maryland, United States
- Item Price
-
A$9.00A$6.07 shipping to USA
Show Details
Written by Herself: Volume 2: Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia and the United States
by Conway, Jill Ker
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679751090 / 0679751092
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
A$9.58FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Written by Herself Vol. 2 : Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia and the United States
by Jill Ker Conway
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679751090 / 0679751092
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
A$9.58FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Written by Herself, Volume II: Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia and the United States
by Conway, Jill Ker, Ed.
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679751090 / 0679751092
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Olympia, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
A$9.88A$8.74 shipping to USA
Show Details
Written by Herself: Volume 2: Women's Memoirs From Britain, Africa, Asia and the United States
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679751090 / 0679751092
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Ventura, California, United States
- Item Price
-
A$11.01A$6.46 shipping to USA
Show Details
Written by Herself: Volume 2 Vol. 2 : Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia and the United States
by Conway, Jill Ker
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679751090 / 0679751092
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
A$11.25FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Written by Herself: Volume 2 Vol. 2 : Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia and the United States
by Conway, Jill Ker
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679751090 / 0679751092
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
A$11.25FREE shipping to USA