November Books of the Month
Normally I feature just one book that I feel that readers would enjoy but this month we have a plethora of really cool books. Title: Writers Between the Covers Authors: Shannon McKennon Schmidt & Joni Rendon Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Plume (October 29, 2013) Why did Norman Mailer stab his second wife at a party? Who was Edith Wharton’s secret transatlantic lover? What motivated Anaïs Nin to become a bigamist? Writers Between the Covers rips the sheets off these and other real-life love stories of the literati—some with fairy tale endings and others that resulted in break-ups, breakdowns, and brawls. Among the writers laid bare are Agatha Christie, who sparked the largest-ever manhunt in England as her marriage fell apart; Arthur Miller, whose jaw-dropping pairing with Marilyn Monroe proved that opposites attract, at least initially; and T.S. Eliot, who slept in a deckchair on his disastrous honeymoon. From the best break-up letters to the stormiest lov