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Author Spender, Matthew, author.

Title A house in St John's Wood : in search of my parents / Matthew Spender.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY SPENDER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 SPENDER, MAT    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B SPENDER STEPHEN S    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description x, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-421) and index.
Contents Natasha's last wishes -- A worldly failure -- Without guilt -- Suicide or romanticism -- A sly Shelley -- Mutual renaissance -- Fires all over Europe -- The purity was hers -- America is not a cause -- Your sins of weakness -- Don't you ever tell a lie? -- Dreaming one's way through life -- Scandalous gossip -- The irresistible historic mixed grill -- the kindest face -- A strong invisible relationship -- Barrenness and desolation -- Too ambivalent -- You're unique -- Without banquets -- Over-privileged? -- Might just as well be married -- A nice little niche -- Trust -- Killing the women we love -- Your father will survive -- Romantic friendships before all -- The right to speak -- Guileless and yet obsessed.
Summary "A son's personal exploration of one of the most influential--and troubled--artistic couples of the twentieth century, Stephen Spender and Natasha Litvin"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995.
Spender, Natasha.
Spender, Matthew.
Spender, Matthew -- Family.
Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Pianists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Spender, Matthew. (OCoLC)fst00325234
Spender, Natasha. (OCoLC)fst01549932
Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995. (OCoLC)fst00030248
Critics. (OCoLC)fst00883769
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
Pianists. (OCoLC)fst01063351
Poets, English. (OCoLC)fst01067870
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Biographies.
Added Title A house in Saint John's Wood : in search of my parents
ISBN 9780374269869 (hardback)
0374269866 (hardback)
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