<p>In three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion†(<i>The Sunday Herald Times</i> [London]), Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises.<br> <br>Enthralling as faction, suffused with de Beauvoir’s remarkable insights into women, <i>The Woman Destroyed </i>gives us a legendary writer at her best.</p>