Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offer an intimate, penetrating glimpse into the life of the great high priestess of feminism. Raised in a French bourgeois family dominated by the principles of Catholicism and conservatism, she would early on rebel against the conventional expectations of her class and surrender to her existential and intellectual ambitions, following a bold path for women of her time. Her passion for books and knowledge led her to the Sorbonne, where she met her lifelong partner, Jean-Paul Sartre. An exquisite autobiography of one of the most significant figures of the 20th century set against the enchanting Paris of artists and intellectuals.

Simone de Beauvoir's memoirs are written with grace and possess a unique charm, as they record the emotional and intellectual concerns as well as the reflections of a fascinating woman. A book that will leave no one indifferent, but will not affect everyone in the same way.