Pentimento : a book of portraits

In this widely praised follow-up to her National Book Award-winning first volume of memoirs, An Unfinished Woman, Hellman looks back at some of the people who, wittingly or unwittingly, exerted profound influence on her development as a woman and a writer. The portraits include Hellman's recollection of a lifelong friendship that began in childhood, reminiscences that formed the basis of the Academy Award-winning film Julia.