"Written from September 1939 to January 1941, Simone de Beauvoir s "Wartime Diary" gives English readers unabridged access to one of the scandalous texts that threaten to overturn traditional views of Beauvoir s life and work. Beauvoir s account of her clandestine affair with Jacques Bost and sexual relationships with various young women challenges the conventional picture of Beauvoir as the devoted companion of Jean-Paul Sartre, just as ..."