The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography Overview
The Cost of Living is an autobiography by Deborah Levy following the time period after the dissolution of her 20-year marriage and her mother's death. Tying the two griefs together, Levy explores the in-between space of her old self in the Patriarchal Story of marriage and family she had occupied, and the new major female character she is writing, seeing in the world around her, and learning to become. The autobiography covers themes of death, loss, grieving, sense of self, storytelling, and feminist struggles.
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The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography Lesson Plans contain 139 pages of teaching material, including:
