Frances Kiernan: 2 books
by Frances Kiernan
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2002
A revealing portrait of the dramatic life of writer and intellectual Mary McCarthy.
From her Partisan Review days to her controversial success as the author of The Group, to an epic libel battle with Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy brought a nineteenth-century scope and drama to her emblematic...
by Frances Kiernan
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2008
"Kiernan's sharp-eyed biography brings back a woman who, far into her 90s, relished the dance of life." —O, The Oprah Magazine
This biography, based on firsthand knowledge and interviews with Mrs. Astor’s friends and the heads of New York’s great cultural institutions, gives...