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This is a biographical Memoir of the writer John Cheever by his daughter Susan. The book was down to earth, painful at times in it's honesty and candor. Susan Cheever writes about her life and her relationship with her father and in doing so we are treated to a portrait of this great artist - all o......more

Actually 4.5 stars! An intelligent, talented daughter recalls her brilliant, but flawed father, in an unflinching, but loving memoir. Loved it!......more

A memoir of an important but ,I think,now almost forgotten writer.His daughter writes honestly and easily about her father.It’s easy to read and compelling dealing with his life,warts and all,and his writing.It’s well worth a read if you are interested in modern American writers and have read one of......more

I have been a John Cheever fan since I read his first novel. I grew up in the midwest and in the south, met my husband when we were students at the University of Florida. After he graduated we got married and lived in Texas where our children were born. Reading John Cheever's narratives about New Yo......more

This is a heartfelt, literary memoir of a father by his daughter. I found the later half of the book particularly affecting and unputdownable. I’ve read several of Susan Cheever’s books now (the memoirs, not the purely nonfictional) and this one is by far the most illuminating, moving and authentic.......more