LEADER 03161oam 2200709I 450 001 9910790093103321 005 20230725031041.0 010 $a1-136-72744-2 010 $a1-283-10322-2 010 $a9786613103222 010 $a1-136-72745-0 010 $a0-203-81719-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203817193 035 $a(CKB)2670000000082000 035 $a(EBL)672403 035 $a(OCoLC)773564521 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000470915 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11331958 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470915 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10415721 035 $a(PQKB)10561051 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC672403 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL672403 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10462742 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL310322 035 $a(OCoLC)714155237 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000082000 100 $a20180706e20111934 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA life of one's own /$fMarion Milner (Joanna Field) ; new introduction by Rachel Bowlby 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $a"First published 1934 by Chatto & Windus under the name of Joanna Field." 311 $a0-415-55065-3 311 $a0-415-55064-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aA Life of One's Own; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Prefatory Note to the 1952 edition; Introduction Rachel Bowlby; Preface; 1 First questions; 2 Keeping a diary; 3 Exploring the hinterland; 4 The coming and going of delight; 5 Searching for a purpose; 6 Searching for a rule; 7 Two ways of looking; 8 Discovering that thought can be blind; 9 Watching the antics of blind thinking; 10 The escape from blind thinking; 11 Fear of a dragon; 12 More outcasts of thought; 13 Relaxing; 14 Cart-horse or Pegasus?; 15 Discovery of the 'other'; 16 Retrospect; Epilogue; Afterword 330 $aHow often do we ask ourselves, 'What will make me happy? What do I really want from life?' In A Life of One's Own Marion Milner explores these questions and embarks on a seven year personal journey to discover what it is that makes her happy. On its first publication, W. H. Auden found the book 'as exciting as a detective story' and, as Milner searches out clues, the reader quickly becomes involved in the chase. Using her own personal diaries, kept over many years, she analyses moments of everyday life and discovers ways of being, of looking, of moving, that bring surprising 606 $aHappiness 606 $aSuccess 606 $aIntrospection 606 $aThought and thinking 606 $aDiaries$xTherapeutic use 615 0$aHappiness. 615 0$aSuccess. 615 0$aIntrospection. 615 0$aThought and thinking. 615 0$aDiaries$xTherapeutic use. 676 $a158.1 700 $aMilner$b Marion Blackett.$01486506 701 $aBowlby$b Rachel$f1957-$0166107 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790093103321 996 $aA life of one's own$93705995 997 $aUNINA