In My Blood - Six Generations of Madness and Desire in an American Family

While working on his second novel, John Sedgwick spiraled into a depression so profound that it very nearly resulted in suicide. An author acclaimed for his intimate literary excursions into the rarified, moneyed enclave of Brahmin Boston, he decided to search for the roots of his malaise in the history of his own storied family--one of America''s oldest and most notable. Following a bloodline that travels from Theodore Sedgwick, compatriot of George Washington and John Adams, to Edie Sedgwick, Andy Warhol''s tragic muse, John Sedgwick''s very personal journey of self-discovery became something far greater: a spellbinding study of the evolution of an extraordinary American family.

Product details

• Authors: John Sedgwick
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2008
• EAN: 9780060521677
• ISBN: 978-0-06-052167-7
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Medicine: general issues, Science: general issues, Biography: general, Psychology, Memoirs, History of Medicine, Biography: royalty, Social and cultural history, History of engineering and technology, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Medical Genetics, Engineering: general, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: science, technology and medicine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, PSYCHOLOGY: General, HISTORY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Royalty, MEDICAL: Genetics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: History, MEDICAL: Essays, MEDICAL: History