MomentsofBeingis“thesinglemostmovingandbeautifulthingthatVirginiaWoolfeverwroteaboutherownlife“(TheNewYorkTimes)andheronlyautobiographicalwriting,publishedyearsafterherdeath.ThiscollectionoffivepieceswrittenfordifferentaudiencesspanningalmostfourdecadesrevealstheremarkableunityofVirginiaWoolf’sart,thought,andsensibility.?“Reminiscences,“writtenduringherapprenticeshipperiod,exposesthechildhoodsharedbyWoolfandhersister,Vanessa,while“ASketchofthePast“illuminatestherelationshipwithherfather,LeslieStephens,whoplayedacrucialroleinherdevelopmentasanindividualawriter.Ofthefinalthreepieces,composedfortheMemoirClub,whichrequiredabsolutecandorofitsmembers,twoshowWoolfatthethresholdofartisticmaturityandoneshowsaconfidentwriterpokingfunatherownfoibles.
