Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages
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A witty, provocative look inside the tumultuous marriages of five writers, illuminating the creative process as well as the role of money, power, and fame in these complex and fascinating relationships. "With an ego the size of a small nation, the literary lion is powerful on the page, but a helpless kitten in daily life-dependent on his wife to fold an umbrella, answer the phone, or lick a stamp." The history of wives is largely one of silence, resilience, and forbearance. Toss in celebrity, male privilege, ruthless ambition, narcissism, misogyny, infidelity, alcoholism, and a mood disorder or two, and it's easy to understand why the marriages of so many famous writers have been stormy, short-lived, and mutually destructive. "It's been my experience," as the critic and novelist Elizabeth Hardwick once wrote, "that nobody holds a man's brutality to his wife against him." Literary wives are a unique breed, requiring a particular kind of fortitude.
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Ciuraru, C., & Bennett, E. (2023). Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages. Unabridged. [United States], HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ciuraru, Carmela and Erin, Bennett. 2023. Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages. [United States], HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ciuraru, Carmela and Erin, Bennett, Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages. [United States], HarperAudio, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ciuraru, Carmela, and Erin Bennett. Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages. Unabridged. [United States], HarperAudio, 2023.
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