A Very Great Profession

I really enjoyed this! A book about books, what's not to enjoy? And about women writers and not well known ones... it's excellent. I've added so many books to my various wish lists too! So many are available free online, and others are put out by amazing companies like Virago and Persephone (I wonder why? ;) )

I loved how the book chapters were each on a theme, and I was able to read most chapters in just a few days. The themes are what caused me to stall out for so long though - I just wasn't interested in the psychoanalysis chapter. I'm sure other people enjoyed that one though, so, nothing against the book in that regard. My favorites were probably the chapters on feminism and love and romance; Beauman's afterword was really interesting too - I loved the reflection on how the book was written and what she thinks of it after many years.