Haywire - Hardcover

Hayward, Brooke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394493257 ISBN 13: 9780394493251

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1979

Synopsis

The daughter of successful Hollywood agent and Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan recalls the glamour, wealth, and talent that marked the lives of members of her extraordinary family and reveals the events that led to destroyed marriages, mental breakdown, and suicide

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Review:

""Haywire "is a Hollywood childhood memoir, a glowing tapestry spun with equal parts of gold and pain. . . . An absolute beauty." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"Moving and brave and beautifully written. . . . [Hayward] has told it as Fitzgerald might have--with the glow and the glamour, and finally, the heartbreak." --"Newsday
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"One of the most extraordinary personal memoirs I've ever read. It has great honesty and charm and humor and beauty, and it is deeply moving." --Truman Capote
"Exquisite." --"Vanity Fair"
"[A] masterpiece in the genre of harrowing autobiographical tell-all." --"W "
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"Elegant and moving." --Gore Vidal
"A sort of glorious fable from American mythology. . . . A gripping and eloquent memoir by a courageous and classy writer." --"St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"She has modeled and acted and written: she writes, in fact, marvelously. "Haywire "mesmerizes. May it cauterize as well." --"The New York Times "
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"An incredible achievement!" --Lauren Bacall
"One of those rare books which seem to alter your perception of things. It is specific and true in dealing with lives that might have served as models for Fitzgerald's fiction." --Mike Nicols
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"Brave, honest, intelligent and greatly moving." --"Newsweek "
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"Engrossing, intimate, moving. . . . Brooke Hayward writes like an angel." --"Cosmopolitan "

Haywire is a Hollywood childhood memoir, a glowing tapestry spun with equal parts of gold and pain. . . . An absolute beauty. The New York Times Book Review
Moving and brave and beautifully written. . . .[Hayward] has told it as Fitzgerald might have with the glow and the glamour, and finally, the heartbreak. Newsday

One of the most extraordinary personal memoirs I've ever read. It has great honesty and charm and humor and beauty, and it is deeply moving. Truman Capote
Exquisite. Vanity Fair
[A] masterpiece in the genre of harrowing autobiographical tell-all. W

Elegant and moving. Gore Vidal
A sort of glorious fable from American mythology. . . .A gripping and eloquent memoir by a courageous and classy writer. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

She has modeled and acted and written: she writes, in fact, marvelously. Haywire mesmerizes. May it cauterize as well. The New York Times

An incredible achievement! Lauren Bacall
One of those rare books which seem to alter your perception of things. It is specific and true in dealing with lives that might have served as models for Fitzgerald s fiction. Mike Nicols

Brave, honest, intelligent and greatly moving. Newsweek

Engrossing, intimate, moving. . . . Brooke Hayward writes like an angel. Cosmopolitan "

"Haywire is a Hollywood childhood memoir, a glowing tapestry spun with equal parts of gold and pain. . . . An absolute beauty." --The New York Times Book Review

"Moving and brave and beautifully written. . . . [Hayward] has told it as Fitzgerald might have--with the glow and the glamour, and finally, the heartbreak." --Newsday

"One of the most extraordinary personal memoirs I've ever read. It has great honesty and charm and humor and beauty, and it is deeply moving." --Truman Capote

"Exquisite." --Vanity Fair

"[A] masterpiece in the genre of harrowing autobiographical tell-all." --W

"Elegant and moving." --Gore Vidal

"A sort of glorious fable from American mythology. . . . A gripping and eloquent memoir by a courageous and classy writer." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"She has modeled and acted and written: she writes, in fact, marvelously. Haywire mesmerizes. May it cauterize as well." --The New York Times

"An incredible achievement!" --Lauren Bacall

"One of those rare books which seem to alter your perception of things. It is specific and true in dealing with lives that might have served as models for Fitzgerald's fiction." --Mike Nicols

"Brave, honest, intelligent and greatly moving." --Newsweek

"Engrossing, intimate, moving. . . . Brooke Hayward writes like an angel." --Cosmopolitan

About the Author:

Brooke Hayward lives in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0394493257
• ISBN 13: 9780394493251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1