{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-dutiful-daughter-isbn-9780060825195","title":"Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way.” —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimone de Beauvoir's \u003cem\u003eMemoirs of a Dutiful Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeauvoir vividly evokes her friendships, love interests, mentors, and the early days of the most important relationship of her life, with fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre, against the backdrop of a turbulent political time.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“[Beauvoir’s] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It is a book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is perhaps the best piece of writing Mlle. de Beauvoir has yet done; the translator does it justice.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887694049509,"sku":"NP9780060825195","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060825195.jpg?v=1730227251","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/memoirs-of-a-dutiful-daughter-isbn-9780060825195","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}