Author: | Mary Meigs | ISBN: | 9780889229716 |
Publisher: | Talonbooks | Publication: | July 17, 2015 |
Imprint: | Talonbooks | Language: | English |
Author: | Mary Meigs |
ISBN: | 9780889229716 |
Publisher: | Talonbooks |
Publication: | July 17, 2015 |
Imprint: | Talonbooks |
Language: | English |
Taking as her alter-ego Lily Briscoe the painter in Woolf’s To the Lighthouse Mary Meigs portrays herself, her family, and her friends in Lily Briscoe: A Self-Portrait, a book that is both autobiography and memoir. She describes the three major decisions of her life: not to marry, to be an artist,” and to listen to her own voices.”
Taking as her alter-ego Lily Briscoe the painter in Woolf’s To the Lighthouse Mary Meigs portrays herself, her family, and her friends in Lily Briscoe: A Self-Portrait, a book that is both autobiography and memoir. She describes the three major decisions of her life: not to marry, to be an artist,” and to listen to her own voices.”