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Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by the New York Times, The Week, Vulture, Elle, and The MillionsA piercing blend of memoir, criticism, and biography examining how women writers across the centuries carved out intellectual freedom for themselves--and how others might do the sameI took off my wedding ring for the last time--a gold band with half a line of "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath etched inside--and for weeks afterwards, my thumb woul...

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A piercing blend of memoir, criticism, and biography examining how women writers across the centuries carved out intellectual freedom for themselves?and how others might do the sameThe day I took my wedding ring off for the last time?a gold band with half a line of ?Morning Song? by Sylvia Plath etched inside?my thumb at first kept on reaching across my palm for the warm bright circle that had gone. I didn't fling the ring into the sea, like w...

The day I took my wedding ring off for the last time - a gold band with half a line of 'Morning Song' by Sylvia Plath etched inside - my thumb at first kept on reaching across my palm for the warm bright circle that had gone. I didn't fling the ring into the sea, like women do in the movies, but a feeling bubbled up nevertheless, from my stomach to my throat: it could fling my arms out. I was free . . .A few years into her marriage and under p...

A piercing blend of memoir, criticism and biography examining how women writers across the centuries carved out intellectual freedom for themselves - and how others might do the same.

Nearly all of us have to work, but how much do we really know about what other people do all day? What is it like to be a fishmonger, a sex worker or an Orthodox rabbi? Or a banker, a research scientist or a carer? How do our jobs affect our lives, beliefs and happiness? And what happens when we don't work? Joanna Biggs has travelled the country to find the answers, talking to interns and bosses, professionals and entrepreneurs, thinkers and d...