cover image Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work

Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work

Louise A. DeSalvo. Ballantine Books, $14.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-345-36639-9

``Required reading for fans of Woolf, this superlative study traces the impact of early sexual abuse on her personality and her writing,'' reported PW , calling the work ``a major step toward a reappraisal of Woolf's feminism.'' Photos. (Mar.)