num_pages: 320
description: In this widely praised follow-up to her National Book Award-winning first volume of memoirs, An Unfinished Woman, the legendary playwright Lillian 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.
language: English
title: Pentimento
titlecomplete: Pentimento
genres: Classics, Autobiography, Essays, History, Female Authors, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Womens
ratings_count: 2729
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Arts and Letters
publisher: Back Bay Books