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Gloria Steinem's posthumous memoir 'An Unexpected Life' looks back with hope

Gloria Steinem's final memoir 'An Unexpected Life' will be published September 22, weeks after her death at 92.

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Gloria Steinem died at age 92 just weeks before the release of her final memoir 'An Unexpected Life.' [1] Steinem wrote that she had regrets about spending too much time doing what was expected of her and putting off marriage, but she learned that the work she loved could create the future she wanted. [2] Steinem wrote that spending two years in India after college changed her life and introduced her to Gandhi's non-hierarchical thinking. [3] In the introduction to 'An Unexpected Life,' Gloria Steinem wrote that she planned to live to 100. [4] Steinem expressed regret in the book for spending too much time doing what was expected of her and not enough doing what she loved. [5] Steinem stated in the memoir that she is 'older than I ever imagined I would become and happier than I ever imagined I could be.' [6]
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  1. Gloria Steinem died at age 92 just weeks before the release of her final memoir 'An Unexpected Life.' · jamaica-gleaner.com
  2. Steinem wrote that she had regrets about spending too much time doing what was expected of her and putting off marriage, but she learned that the work she loved could create the future she wanted. · jamaica-gleaner.com
  3. Steinem wrote that spending two years in India after college changed her life and introduced her to Gandhi's non-hierarchical thinking. · jamaica-gleaner.com
  4. In the introduction to 'An Unexpected Life,' Gloria Steinem wrote that she planned to live to 100. · WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando
  5. Steinem expressed regret in the book for spending too much time doing what was expected of her and not enough doing what she loved. · WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando
  6. Steinem stated in the memoir that she is 'older than I ever imagined I would become and happier than I ever imagined I could be.' · WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando
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