Title Lives of the wives : five literary marriages / Carmela Ciuraru.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
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Edition	First edition.
Description	322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary	A witty look at the complex and fascinating but tumultuous marriages of five well-known figures in the literary world, including British theater critic Kenneth Tynan, and authors Roald Dahl and Kingsley Amis.
Contents	Introduction: What's a Wife to Do? -- Una Troubridge and Radclyffe Hall -- Elsa Morante and Alberto Moravia -- Elaine Dundy and Kenneth Tynan -- Elizabeth Jane Howard and Kingsley Amis -- Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-308) and index.
Summary	The history of wives is largely one of silence, resilience, and forbearance. Toss in celebrity, male privilege, ruthless ambition, narcissism, and a few more factors, and it's easy to understand why the marriages of many famous writers have been stormy, short-lived, and mutually destructive. Lives of the Wives looks at the complex and fascinating but tumultuous marriages of five well-known figures in the literary world, and exposes the misery behind closed doors. The wives were often demonized and misrepresented, and paid a price when they achieved recognition and freedom. -- adapted from jacket
Subject	Tynan, Kenneth, 1927-1980.
	Dundy, Elaine.
	Dahl, Roald.
	Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010.
	Howard, Elizabeth Jane.
	Amis, Kingsley.
	Morante, Elsa, 1912-1985.
	Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990.
	Troubridge, Una Vincenzo, Lady, 1887-1963.
	Hall, Radclyffe.
	Authors' spouses -- Biography.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
ISBN	9780062356918 (hardcover)
	0062356917 (hardcover)

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