Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette (1999) by Judith Thurman offers readers a thorough view of French author Colette‘s long and colorful life in this 600-plus-page biography. 

Judith Thurman, author of the National Book Award-winning biography of Isak Dinesen produced what is considered a definitive English language biography of Colette. 

Given the French author’s stature as a literary figure and feminist icon, along with her colorful life, this biography was welcomed and well-reviewed in such publications as The New York Times (which also excerpted the first chapter) and Salon.

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