“Simons’ friendly and engaging prose blends Woolf’s words, a splash of memoir, and a general passion for below-the-surface analysis to create a very appealing read. Fans of Woolf and fans of psychological thinking will find much to feast on here”
—Aimee Bender, author of An Invisible Sign of My Own
“Ilana Simons has written a refreshingly unself-conscious, compassionate book. Without reducing Woolf’s complexity, Simons convincingly establishes the wisdom of this profound thinker as a guide through stress and strains of twenty-first-century living. A Life of One’s Own will turn people onto Woolf and give old hands new ways of seeing her.”
