Writers Between the Covers, Shannon McKenna Schmidt
Writers Between the Covers, Shannon McKenna Schmidt
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Writers Between the Covers
The Scandalous Romantic Lives of Legendary Literary Casanovas, Coquettes, and Cads

Author: Shannon McKenna Schmidt, Joni Rendon

Narrator: Antony Ferguson, Ann Marie Lee, Michelle Ford, Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/29/2013


Synopsis

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 love triangles to the boldest cougars and cradle-robbers, this fun and accessible volume reveals literary history's most titillating loves, lusts, and longings.

About Shannon McKenna Schmidt

Shannon McKenna Schmidt, a freelance writer with a passion for reading and travel, spent ten years working in marketing for various book publishers. Her work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Arrive, Continental, France Today, the New York Daily News, the Miami Herald, and other magazines, newspapers, and Web sites, and she is a regular contributor to the book industry news publication Shelf Awareness. She is coauthor, with Joni Rendon, of Novel Destinations.


Reviews

If you personally know an author/writer DO NOT give their significant other this book for Christmas. With the exception of one or two it seems that writers cannot be (1) married, (2) monogamous or (3) happy, they do however derive great inspiration from the muse of disastrous love affairs. Touching......more

Goodreads review by Bill

There’s nothing that strengthens a marriage like spending time with another couple. It’s a bonding experience to dissect their lives afterwards with your spouse and no greater joy than to finish with “thank God we’re not like THEM, honey.” “Writers Between the Covers” is like a 25-lesson course in c......more

Goodreads review by KOMET

By far, this has been one of the most entertaining and enjoyable books I've read this year. It never ceases to fascinate me how some of the most celebrated (and notorious or controversial) writers lived and LOVED. To quote Pat Benatar, "Love is a battlefield." The story cited in this book on the lov......more