RaveThe AtlanticEngrossing ... Her richly researched and vivid double portrait makes a convincing case that Fanny pulled off a rare feat, enabling Louis’s genius to mature while releasing his boyish energies ... Peri does not often venture into extended discussion of Louis’s literary work, but when she does, it can be fascinating ... I am grateful to Peri for telling the story of their marriage, in all its complexity, with sympathy and spirit.
PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewAt its best, About Women gives you a feeling of access to the shared salon of two brilliant women. But sometimes Gilot overwhelms Alther, and it begins to read like an interview in which a deferential interviewer struggles to focus her talkative subject.
