Composing a Life

Profiles of five women that aim "to shed light on personal and career obstacles women face in achieving success" by a cultural anthropologist (Publishers Weekly).

Mary Catherine Bateson has been called "one of the most original and important thinkers of our time" (Deborah Tannen). Grove Press is pleased to reissue Bateson's deeply satisfying treatise on the improvisational lives of five extraordinary women. Using their personal stories as her framework, Dr. Bateson delves into the creative ...