College of One by Sheilah Graham
In 1937, on the night of her engagement to the Marquess of Donegall, Sheilah Graham met F. Scott Fitzgerald at a party in Hollywood. Graham, a British-born journalist, broke off her engagement and the two writers lived the fervid, sometimes violent affair that is memorialised here with unprecedented intimacy. Graham kept her demons secret - she believed herself to be a fascinating fake.' Most poignantly, she keenly felt her lack of education. Fitzgerald became her passionate tutor, guiding her through a curriculum of his own design.'
Born Lily Sheil in 1904, the daughter of Jewish Ukranian immigrants, SHEILAH GRAHAM was raised in a London orphanage. She emigrated to New York in 1933 and to Hollywood two years later. In 1964, Time magazine reported that Graham had deposed Hopper and Parsons as doyenne of the Hollywood columnists.'' She had her own radio and television programs and wrote several books. In 1959, Beloved Infidel, a bestselling memoir of her affair with F. Scott Fitzgerald, became a film starring Gregory Peck and Deborah Kerr. Graham died in 1988. WENDY FAIREY, Sheilah Graham's daughter, teaches English literature and creative writing at Brooklyn College. She is the author of One of the Family, a memoir, and Full House, a collection of linked stories.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781612192833 |
| ISBN 10 | 1612192831 |
| Title | College of One |
| Author | Sheilah Graham |
| Series | Neversink |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Melville House Publishing |
| Year published | 2013-05-28 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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