
An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir
Lillian Hellman's career as a playwright began in 1938 with The Children's Hour, the first of seven plays that would bring her international attention and praise. Thirty years later, Hellman unleashed her peerless wit and candor on the subject she knew best: herself. An Unfinished Woman is a rich, surprising, emotionally charged portrait of a bygone world -- and of an independent-minded woman coming into her own.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Year
- 1999
- ISBN-13
- 9780316352857
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Playwriting careerSelf-discovery20th-century literary life
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1970)
Other awarded books from Lillian Hellman
- Pentimento: A Book of Portraits
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