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Drawing on more than thirty years of writing in psychology, biography, and fiction, Rosemary Dinnage collects reflections on women who have experienced profound isolation. These figures span artists, writers, and public figures, each illustrating how solitude can emerge from dedication, artistry, hardship, or public scrutiny. Through her concise portraits she explores what aloneness means, how it begins, feels, and how it can illuminate and transform lives.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Rosemary Dinnage
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