A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2020Following on from the critically acclaimed Things I Dont Want to Know discover the powerful second memoir in Deborah Levys essential threepart Living Autobiography. I cant think of any writer aside from Virginia Woolf who writes better about what it is to be a woman Observer Life falls apart. We try to get a grip and hold it together. And then we realise we dont want to hold it together . . . The final instalment in Deborah Levys critically acclaimed Living Autobiography Real Estate is available now.I just havent stopped reading it . . . it talks so beautifully about being a woman Billie Piper on BBC Radio 4s Desert Island DiscsIt is the story of every woman throughout history who has expended her love and labour on making a home that turns out to serve the needs of everyone except herself. Wonderful Guardian Wise subtle and ironic Levys every sentence is a masterpiece of clarity and poise . . . a brilliant writer Daily Telegraph A graceful and lyrical rumination on the questions What is a woman for What should a woman be Tatler Extraordinary and beautiful suffused with wit and razorsharp insights Financial Times