cover image Girl Within

Girl Within

Emily Hancock. Ballantine Books, $11 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-449-90559-3

In their efforts to make their way in careers and the world, many women neglect their inner selves, according to Hancock. In what PW termed ``a thoughtful self-help guide that may lead women into a re-examination of their lives,'' Hancock generalizes from case studies of 20 women, in search of an ``authentic'' sense of identity. (Oct.)