Susan Cheever's comprehensive and definitive biography sheds new light on of life of Louisa May Alcott, whose work has inspired generations of women. Cheever laces this provocative biography with musings on the genesis of genius, and her identification with Jo March when she was ...
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"Even the most devoted readers of nineteenth-century American literature often assume that the men and women behind the masterpieces were as dull and staid as the era's static daguerreotypes. Susan Cheever's latest work, however, brings new life to the well-known literary persona...
Strives to break through the myths and explain what addiction really is, what causes it, and how to get the best available treatments.
A collection of fifty-five important pieces of short fiction of the twentieth century features masterworks by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eudora Welty, and other notable writers.
Susan Cheever's comprehensive and definitive biography sheds new light on the life of Louisa May Alcott, whose work has inspired generations of women. Cheever laces this provocative biography with musings on the genesis of genius, and her identification with Jo March when she was...
"A sympathetic and illuminating account of The Stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of legendary American writer John Cheever, as told by his eldest daughter"-- Provided by publisher.
The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Symptoms of Withdrawal" explores the shift in time and perception from addiction to recovery based on his own experiences and those of other recovered addicts from all walks of life.
A reassessment of the life and work of the preeminent twentieth-century poet examines the idiosyncratic expressions that led to critical disagreements about his achievements, and covers his Cambridge youth, Harvard education, and relationships with fellow writers.
Apart from her bestselling Home Before Dark, a biography of her father, John Cheever, and My Name Is Bill, her penetrating portrait of the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Susan Cheever's most recent and major success, American Bloomsbury, was a hugely popular nonfiction narrativ...
The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Symptoms of Withdrawal" explores the shift in time and perception from addiction to recovery based on his own experiences and those of other recovered addicts from all walks of life.
From the author of American Bloomsbury, Louisa May Alcott , and Home Before Dark , a major reassessment of the life and work of the novelist, painter, and playwright considered to be one of America's preeminent twentieth-century poets. At the time of his death in 1962, at age s...