About the Author

Born in 1873 in France, Colette was the author of many acclaimed novels noted for their intimate style. She died in 1954.

Reviews

Containing two separate memoirs, of two separate journeys made by Colette back into the flowering garden of her childhood world, this little volume is invested with the distillation of experience: gravity, tenderness, delight, a trace of longing, a trace of melancholy and devoted tranquil love. - The New York Times