Reviews
"groundbreaking in a number of important ways. Not only does she take on a subject she admits is taboo, but she also argues that aging is an 'important empowering force' for Colette, Beauvoir, and Duras." - Modern Fiction Studies
--Modern Fiction Studies
"This is a well-written book that should be of interest to the general population, students, and specialists in women's studies, aging, or the twentieth century." -South Atlantic Review
--South Atlantic Review
"This book is highly innovative. It provides a springboard for a large number of possible studies on a much neglected theme in the work of many women writers." - Modern Language Review
--Modern Language Review
"offers many refreshing and valuable insights into three writers' approach to the problem of aging and the liberation that it became for them." - French Review
--French Review