Weiss, Andrea - Paris Was A Woman: Portraits From The Left Bank

Outstanding introduction to an overlooked chapter of the Lost Generation.
Except these women were not lost. They arrived in Paris to find themselves, to be themselves.
Sadly, for me, I had only been aware of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, along with Renée Vivien (who is barely mentioned in this).
Most of the chapters are of the artists, writers, painters, poets, muses, publishers, females who found greater liberty in France than what was offered in the American heartland.
The one who most captivated me was Djuna Barnes, and I launched searches to retrieve a few titles.
Relationships ranged from lifelong (Stein / Toklas) to tortured infidelities to acrimonious rivalries.
I enjoyed this immensely, and yet this is an era that has always fascinated, the unsettled period between the wars.
Weiss also scripted the 1996 documentary of the same name.
Anyone who fell in love with Midnight In Paris (2011) should find this an excellent companion.