PositiveLibrary Journal...Kirkpatrick weaves a chronological re-creation of her subject’s influence on others, and in turn, those who impacted her intellectual, ethical, and emotional development from childhood through her student years, affairs, and career as a writer and thinker ... Marked by a clear narrative contextualizing the many key figures interacting with Beauvoir across her life, as well as the international events that also touched and affected her, this biography belongs in both academic and popular philosophy collections.
