Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography

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| editor = Diana Athill

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Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography is a posthumously published, unfinished autobiographical work written by Dominican author Jean Rhys. It was first published in 1979 by Andre Deutsch Ltd (London) and Harper & Rowe (New York City).{{Cite book|last=Rhys|first=Jean|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/251693527|title=Smile please an unfinished autobiography|date=1979|publisher=Harper & Row |isbn=978-0-233-97213-8|language=en|oclc=251693527}} The book was edited by and contained an introduction by Rhys's editor, Diana Athill.

The first part of the book consists of the account of her childhood in Dominica. The second part of the book consists of drafts about her adult life, ending in 1923. Athill, Diana: Jean Rhys and her autobiography: A Foreword by Diana Athill. Published in Jean Rhys:Smile Please (1979) A photographic section divides the two parts.