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Virginia Woolf: A Writer’s Life by Lyndall Gordon provides a nuanced biographical exploration of Virginia Woolf, focusing on how her personal experiences and relationships influenced her writing. Gordon links Woolf’s inner life to her novels, from her childhood in London and the trauma of her mother’s death, through her education, marriage, and finally the intellectual freedom she found among the Bloomsbury Group. The book covers topics such as mental illness and suicide.