Family Memories: An Autobiographical Journey

Family Memories: An Autobiographical Journey

by Rebecca West
Family Memories: An Autobiographical Journey

Family Memories: An Autobiographical Journey

by Rebecca West

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Overview

Published posthumously, this wise and entertaining family history and memoir offers keen insight into the origins of Rebecca West and her work
 Working on Family Memories for over twenty years, West set out to narrate the story of her mother’s, father’s and husband’s unique and talented families. As in her novels, the richly drawn characters of her heritage and childhood traverse a diverse landscape, from Scotland to Australia to Africa, encountering love, loss, and a panoply of challenges. Although fans will recognize many settings, characters, and themes from her novels, West’s exploration of her family stands on its own as an engaging narrative. Told with her compelling voice, West’s chronicles reflect not only the importance of family to identity, but to the way one relates to the larger world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781453207185
Publisher: Open Road Media
Publication date: 12/21/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Dame Rebecca West (1892–1983) is one of the most critically acclaimed English novelists, journalists, and literary critics of the twentieth century. Uniquely wide-ranging in subject matter and breathtakingly intelligent in her ability to take on the oldest and knottiest problems of human relations, West was a thoroughly entertaining public intellectual. In her eleven novels, beginning with The Return of the Soldier, she explored topics including feminism, socialism, love, betrayal, and identity. West’s prolific journalistic works include her coverage of the Nuremberg trials for the New Yorker, published as A Train of Powder,and Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, her epic study of Yugoslavia. She had a son with H.G. Wells, and later married banker Henry Maxwell Andrews, continuing to write, and publish, until she died in London at age ninety.


Dame Rebecca West (1892–1983) is one of the most critically acclaimed and bestselling English novelists, journalists, and literary critics of the twentieth century. In her eleven novels, beginning with The Return of the Soldier, she delved into the psychological landscape of her characters and explored topics including feminism, socialism, love, betrayal, and identity. She was lauded for her wit and intellectual acuity, evident in her prolific journalistic works such as her coverage of the Nuremberg trials for the New Yorker, published as A Train of Powder, and Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, her epic study of Yugoslavia and its people. She had a child with H.G. Wells, but married banker Henry Maxwell Andrews later in life and continued writing until she died in London at age ninety.

Table of Contents

  • COVER PAGE
  • TITLE PAGE
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART ONE: THE CAMPBELL MACKENZIES
    • ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
    • UNCLE ALICK
    • THE HOUSEHOLD AT HERIOT ROW
    • MARY IRONSIDE
    • JOHNNIE
    • JOEY
  • PART TWO: ISABELLA
    • CAPRI
    • THE HEINEMANNS
    • NEWINGTON
    • PORTLAND BILL
    • LIZZIE
  • PART THREE: THE FAIRFIELDS
    • ST KILDA
    • AN AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION
    • CHARLES FAIRFIELD
    • MR AND MRS FAIRFIELD
    • ALICE AND LETTIE
  • PART FOUR: CISSIE
    • STREATHAM PLACE
    • MY FATHER
    • MISS LYSAGHT
    • RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL
    • MY RELATIONS WITH MUSIC
  • APPENDIX
    • HENRY MAXWELL ANDREWS
  • COPYRIGHT PAGE
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