![]() ![]() She recalls tender childhood moments when her mother would direct her to books: “ The Mill on the Floss when I was ill Ballet Shoes when I demanded dance lessons A Little Princess when I felt overlooked.” With her mother now diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and “fading from my life”, Biggs goes on to ask: “How could I find the books I needed now?” In the first chapter, Biggs tells us about her heartbreak after she and her husband separated and the way that she looked to writers to guide her in her new life. ![]() ![]() I had started reading A Life of One’s Own, a new book by Joanna Biggs, which explores nine female writers – from Mary Wollstonecraft to Toni Morrison – who have had to “begin again”. The places we go, or the people we look to in times of any need were on my mind that day. ![]()
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