My First Cousin Once Removed - Money, Madness, and the Family of Robert Lowell

Sarah Payne Stuart grew up in a family of aristocratic lineage whose fortune had long ago been dissipated-Robert Lowell''s grandfather had reportedly left his children -their good breeding and Boston heritage'' in his will. This dichotomy of being at once anointed and broke, and the need to keep up appearances at any cost-even when successive generations find themselves locked up in mental wards- form the heart of this memoir, which is at once riotous and moving.

About the author

Sarah Payne Stuart is the author of the acclaimed novels Men in Trouble and The Year Roger Wasn't Well. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband and three children.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Payne Stuart
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.1999
• EAN: 9780060930363
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093036-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, HISTORY: Essays, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Jewish, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Educators