An astonishing, wonderful memoir of an extraordinary life

HENRY MARSH, author of Do No Harm

In a memoir that's as evocative and restless as its author – flitting from Doris Lessing's abode in London to the Indian home of her Rajasthani prince “companion” – Davidson interrogates what family, freedom and home mean when you never truly belong anywhere

GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA, Books of the Year

A triumph

SATURDAY PAPER

An extraordinary memoir … An enthralling, miraculous story, clear as the brilliant constellations of the night sky

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

The zigzagging life of an adventurer ... A fine and observant descriptive writer

THE TIMES

Lyrical and beautifully textured ... The book's multi-layered structure allows disparate recollections to interrupt the chronological narrative in evocative ways, and its title suggests an unfinished symphony, with music and the act of writing serving as central motifs ... The strength of Unfinished Woman is its honesty about Robyn Davidson's difficult emotional and creative journey, and it is propelled by her unsparing self-awareness and willingness to confront her past'

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