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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Patients Great Britain Biography Bereavement Biography and Autobiography Authors Biography and Autobiography Editors, journalists, publishers Imrie, Marilyn Death and burial Memoirs and Biographies Novelists, English 21st century Biography Runcie, James 1959- Marriage Thomas, Scarlett Women novelists, English 21st century BiographySisman, Adam
Summary: Secrecy came naturally to John le Carre, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of this fascinating man; yet some aspects of his subject remained hidden. Nowhere was this more so than in his private life. Apparently content in his marriage, the novelist conducted a string of love affairs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LE CARRE, JOHN SISPollen, Bella
Summary: "Growing up the middle child of transatlantic parents-her English Rose mother and cowboy boot-loving father-Bella Pollen never quite figured out how to belong. Restlessly crossing back and forth between the boundaries of family and freedom, England and America, home and away, she has sought but generally failed to contain an adventurous spirit within the confines of conventional living. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POLLEN, BELLA POLRuncie, James
Summary: In this startling and intimate memoir of life before death and love after grief, the internationally best-selling author tells the story of his wife's battle with Lou Gehrig's disease and her death, while celebrating her life, in all its color, humor, and brightness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUNCIE, JAMES RUNThomas, Scarlett
Summary: "After winning her local tennis club tournament, Scarlett Thomas, 41-year-old novelist, decided to dedicate a year of her life to tennis. At 12, Scarlett discovered her father was not the punk photographer who'd brought her up, but was in fact the man shepreviously knew as her godfather. At 14, she was sent to Mexico to connect with her terrifying grandmother. She was sent to a conservative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2021