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One day, years after he's moved away from his childhood home in rural Ireland, Dermot Healy returns to care for his ailing mother. Out of the blue she hands him the forgotten diary …

Born in Australia, novelist Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair …

In the second volume of The Weight of Words Series, Jeremy Black continues his efforts to present and preserve Britain's literary genius. Its intelligence and enduring influence is …

A momentous memoir of childhood and adolescence from one of our finest and most beloved writers, as weâ??ve never seen her before.

A day in the life of a small town, Dresden, 100 years ago sets the stage for nostalgic reflections of the 1940s and 50s by native son author Dick Wright. In Dresden Life …

Originally published in 1931, this memoir offers an unflinching look at the life of a deaf woman struggling with poverty and isolation in the bohemian enclave of Greenwich Village. …

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAY MCINERNEYJohn Cheever's letters offer a tantalising glimpse into the life of a writer. They include correspondence with his contemporaries, such as …

I, Lorna Tucker, have lived a life that most of you can't even begin to imagine...The unflinching true story of one woman's fight to survive living on the streets of London - from …

A groundbreaking exploration of one of America's most iconic and misunderstood authorsEdgar Allan Poe: A Life is the most comprehensive critical biography of Poe yet produced, …