Lives of the Wives Five Literary Marriages

Carmela Ciuraru

eBook - 2023

A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Washington Post Best Nonfiction of the YearOne of PEOPLE's Top 10 Books of the Year"Delicious and infuriating...unputdownable." —Sadie Stein, New York Times "A compulsively readable book." —Wall Street JournalIn Lives of the Wives, author Carmela Ciuraru offers a witty, provocative look inside the tumultuous marriages of five famous writers, illuminating the creative process as well as the role of money, fame, and power in these complex and fascinating relationships.The legendary British theater critic Kenneth Tynan encouraged his American wife, Elaine Dundy, to write, then watched in a jealous rage as she became a bestselling author. In their early years of marriage, R...oald Dahl enjoyed basking in the glow of his glamorous movie star wife, Patricia Neal, until he detested her for... more