Title: Beryl Bainbridge
Description: This biography draws on a mass of unpublished letters and diaries to reveal the real woman behind the popular image. He explores Bainbridge's difficult childhood in Formby, her career as a young actress at the Liverpool Playhouse, and her life as a single mother and writer in Camden Town. Along the way he tackles her complex private life: her failed marriage to the painter Austin Davies, her affairs, and her longstanding relationship with her publisher, Colin Haycraft.
Subjects: Biography, English Authors, Authors, biography, Bainbridge, beryl, 1933-2010, New York Times reviewed, English Novelists, Artists
People: Beryl Bainbridge (1932-2010)
Time periods: 20th century