Memoirs of a Dutiful DaughterIn her memoirs, Simone de Beavoir created a remarkable portrait of a twentieth century woman's struggle for independence A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential