Who is the author's intended audience in the memoir, West with the Night?

Beryl's intended audience was more than likely her friends and family, as well as other adventurers who might follow in her footsteps. Beryl wrote the book in such a way that there is no suggestion that what she did in her lifetime was anything heroic or special. In fact, Beryl's narration suggests that everything that happened in her life was just the result of hard work and happenstance. Beryl simply shares a story and gives the impression of having wanted to set the record straight without any embellishments or suggestions of grandeur.