Awards

• Short-listed for H W Fisher Best First Biography Prize 2012 (UK)
• Short-listed for Spear's Book Awards: Family History Book of the Year 2012
• Short-listed for Spears Book Awards 2012 (UK)
• Shortlisted for Spear's Book Awards: Family History Book of the Year 2012.

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An enjoyable, revisionist account of a bohemian marriage -- Blake Morrison * Guardian * A truly fascinating account of one of those many women, the wives and the girlfriends and the sisters of famous literary men, who have lived a twilight existence in the shadows of the historical canon. A particularly rich and honest account * Scotland on Sunday * This is not just a memoir of her mother. This is the history of a literary wife. On both counts, Hodgkin succeeds beautifully . . . Her story is not a footnote; it is absolutely central * Independent * The animating spirit that pulses through this joint biography is to be thoroughly applauded -- D.J Taylor * Literary Review * It's a cracking story, and Hodgkin is a meticulous researcher -- Olivia Laing * Observer * Frank and captivating . . . rich in charm and pathos . . . Hodgkin has done both Nancy and herself proud with this fresh portrait of a marriage we thought we knew, and of a woman we have never known well enough -- Miranda Seymour * Sunday Times *

Frank and captivating ... rich in charm and pathos ... Hodgkin has done both Nancy and herself proud with this fresh portrait of a marriage we thought we knew, and of a woman we have never known well enough -- Miranda Seymour Sunday Times It's a cracking story, and Hodgkin is a meticulous researcher -- Olivia Laing Observer The animating spirit that pulses through this joint biography is to be thoroughly applauded -- D.J Taylor Literary Review This is not just a memoir of her mother. This is the history of a literary wife. On both counts, Hodgkin succeeds beautifully ... Her story is not a footnote; it is absolutely central Independent A truly fascinating account of one of those many women, the wives and the girlfriends and the sisters of famous literary men, who have lived a twilight existence in the shadows of the historical canon. A particularly rich and honest account Scotland on Sunday An enjoyable, revisionist account of a bohemian marriage -- Blake Morrison Guardian

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Joanna Hodgkin has written several successful psychologial thrillers as Joanna Hines.

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