pickIt took me awhile to get through this one since I had to keep setting it aside to tackle library books, but it was interesting. I really liked the sections surrounding the writing of my two favorite Du Maurier books, Rebecca and The Scapegoat.
pickSuch an in depth and intricately detailed account and opine on du Maurier.
Parts of it seemed almost too much whilst others glided along. I felt a real understanding of her 'routes' as she termed them, and maybe that's one of the subconscious reasons I've come to adore her.
I feel I know a huge amount about du Maurier and a deep appreciation.
Halfway through :)
Rather envious of her capacity to live as she did but also shocked by her attitude to her young children :/
Daphne and Margaret. Oh my. Two if my absolute favourite women. Looking forward to this one :)
#nofemmeber #creator
I love a dense biography of a favourite author/creator and this one from 1993 is very thorough and confirmed my love of du Maurier - although it‘s been years since I read it. I wonder how it would read now.
bailedIt's not that I didn't find this interesting -- I'm actually quite keen to reread My Cousin Rachel and Rebecca now -- but I feel like I'm prying and I suddenly realised that I'm not interested in a biography that delves into the minutiae of whom Daphne slept with where and when. It all informs her work, I know, but... I just don't like reading this.
I feel I'm prying when I read a biography like this -- especially of someone as private as du Maurier. I hesitate about modern interpretations -- she was very firm that she was not a lesbian, despite her evident attraction to women. Still, I can't help but think the idea of being non-binary might have been attractive to her, with her interest in femininity and her 'boy-in-the-box'. On the other hand, it seems she relished the idea of being unique.
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