Status
Available
Genres
Publication
Penguin Press (2018), 352 pages
Description
"In A Life of My Own, the renowned biographer of Charles Dickens, Samuel Pepys, and Thomas Hardy, and former literary editor for the Sunday Times reflects on a remarkable life surrounded by writers and books." -- From Amazon.com summary.
User reviews
LibraryThing member akblanchard
Literary biographer Claire Tomalin considers her own story in her memoir A Life of My Own. As she explains in the introduction, she pieced the narrative together in part by going through her old datebooks, and unfortunately, this providence shows. Tomalin lists a lot of friends, lovers, relatives,
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and colleagues, as well as many lunches, parties, and other get-togethers with them, but none of these connections are characterized with any depth. Moreover, the narrative feels distant even when Tomalin is describing scenes of heavy emotional import, such as the deaths of her husband and two of her children. My high hopes for this book after hearing a memorable interview with the author on NPR in 2018 were not fulfilled. Show Less
Awards
NPR: Books We Love (2018)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2017
Physical description
352 p.; 5.74 inches
ISBN
0399562915 / 9780399562914
Local notes
autobiography