In 1937, Gertrude Stein wrote a sequel to "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas,
" but this darker and more complex work was long misunderstood and neglected. An
account of her experiences in the wake of having authored a bestseller, "Everyb
ody's Autobiography" is as funny and engaging as "The Autobiography of Alice B.
Toklas," but it is also a meditation on the meaning of success and identity in A
merica. "Everybody's Autobiography" is Stein at her most accessible and her most
serious, and is among her most popular books.
