Customer Reviews:
 The Woman Destroyed; not action packed but a good read January 13, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Woman Destroyed is comprised of three stories but it is the third story, from which the book title is derived, which is without a doubt the most captivating. Monique is a middle-aged french woman who presents her seemingly normal, family-orientated lifestyle to the reader through a diary form. However, a short way into her diary, Monique learns that her husband is having an affair. As Monique considers the implications of her husband's infidelity, she reveals to the reader a woman who has essentially been in denial about the state of her own marriage, has no financial independance and no life outside the marital home. Monique's words can at tiems be frustrating - why can't she move on from the past? - as well as extremely self-pitying, but they always seem genuine; infact you are left wonderig how much of the story is based on de Beauvoir's personal experience.
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