TY - BOOK AU - Nicolson,Vanessa TI - Have you been good?: a memoir SN - 9781783780761 U1 - 920 NIC PY - 2015/// PB - Granta KW - Nicolson KW - Children of divorced parents KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - Women art historians KW - Art historians N2 - Vanessa Nicolson is the granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson. She was born to an illustrious name and an unhappy marriage. Her father, the art historian Ben Nicolson, was homosexual and his marriage to Vanessa's Italian mother fell apart when Vanessa was very young. In this powerful and meditative memoir she chronicles her disjointed childhood and reckless youth, including holidays at Sissinghurst Castle with her cousins, and her experience of a liberal English boarding school. Interlinked with her story is th ER -