Ways of Looking at a Woman

Literary Nonfiction. In WAYS OF LOOKING AT A WOMAN, a book-length essay that interweaves memoir with film and literary history, Caroline Hagood assumes the role of detective to ask, what is a woman, mother, and writer? By turns smart, funny, and poignant, Ways of Looking at a Woman is a profound meditation on the many mysterious layers that make up both a book and a person. A profoundly unique and honest piece of work...a masterful, singular writer--Mary-Louise Parker I'll shelve it next to Maggie Nelson on the shelf marked Necessary.--Emma Straub