One of the famous literary friendships of the last century was between Alice Toklas & Gertrude Stein. In this absorbing memoir Alice Toklas gives her own entertaining account of life with the remarkable Gertrude Stein (G.S had written an earlier 'The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas' in 1933) as well as friendships & meetings with celebrated characters like, Picasso, Matisse, Marie Laurencin, Guillaume Apollinaire & Henri Rousseau.