Download or read book Roughly Speaking written by Louise John Randall Pierson and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1943 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1900s, women were expected to know their place -- and stay there. Not Louise Randall. She wants a life fully lived. Forty years, two husbands, five children and many adventures later, that's exactly what she got. This is the autobiography of the woman who wrote the screenplay for the movie, Mildred Pierce.