Bloomsbury

Smith pares down her prose to a state of vivid impressionism, so enigmatic that even ordinary acts - preparing mint tea, nodding off while sewing - take on spiritual weight ... The passages evoking... — The Observer More…

A profoundly lyrical, digressive mapping of her fame-and-family decades ... This third memoir finds Smith unhomed, at times almost unhinged, as she does her utmost to ward off those Beaten Generation... — MOJO More…