"Drawing elegantly on the poets and authors she has taught and written about, from Andrew Marvell to Gloria Steinem, Heilbrun offers a glimpse not only of the rewards of aging, but of feminist battles fought and won."
This very satisfactory collection of essays celebrates the author's seventh decade as she looks back on it from her serene and energetic eighth.
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"Unapologetically one-sidedand nobody could ask for a more eloquent, lucid, or intelligent advocate."
Former Columbia University English professor Heilbrun (Hamlet's Mother and Other Women, 1990, etc.) turns her considerable writing and analytical skills to understanding an icon of the women's movement.
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