Elizabeth Jane Howard : a dangerous innocence /
by Cooper, Artemis.
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BookPublisher: London : John Murray, 2016Description: vii, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781848549272 (hbk.) :; 184854927X (hbk.) :.Classification number: 823.914 HOWSubject(s): Howard, Elizabeth Jane | Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Biography | BiographySummary: Elizabeth Jane Howard wrote brilliant novels about what love can do to people, but in her own life the lasting relationship she sought so ardently always eluded her. She grew up yearning to be an actress; but when that ambition was thwarted by marriage and the war, she turned to fiction. Artemis Cooper's biography explores a woman trying to make sense of her life through her writing, as well as illuminating the literary world in which she lived.
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| 823.914 GEE My animal life | 823.914 GRE Searching for the secret river | 823.914 HIL Howards End is on the landing: a year of reading from home | 823.914 HOW Elizabeth Jane Howard : a dangerous innocence / | 823.914 LIV Ammonites and leaping fish: a life in time | 823.914 LOD Writer's luck : a memoir : 1976-1991 / | 823.914 MOR Michael Morpurgo: war child to War horse a biography |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Elizabeth Jane Howard wrote brilliant novels about what love can do to people, but in her own life the lasting relationship she sought so ardently always eluded her. She grew up yearning to be an actress; but when that ambition was thwarted by marriage and the war, she turned to fiction. Artemis Cooper's biography explores a woman trying to make sense of her life through her writing, as well as illuminating the literary world in which she lived.
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