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But the most extraordinary quality of this autobiography is its fine
truthfulness. Her candour - about wanting to be an artist, about
failures of courage and of love, her devotion to her son and yet a need
for a life of her own - is quite exceptional. Journey from the North
is a brilliantly told story of a fascinating life. I>, one of the
great literary autobiographies of the century. Volume One, first
published in 1969, tells of her childhood in Whitby before the First
World War, the strong ties with her formidable mother, an early love of
the sea, her intellectual achievements at university and falling in
love. She vividly recalls her first marriage and the birth of her son;
then came her first book, work in London, and the deep happiness of her
second marriage to Guy Chapman, the novelist and historian. In the
thirties she became increasingly involved in politics, and her accounts
of the Depression and the rise of Fascism in Europe demonstrate her
exceptional understanding of the years between the wars.Journey from the
North< >
But the most extraordinary quality of this autobiography is its fine
truthfulness. Her candour - about wanting to be an artist, about
failures of courage and of love, her devotion to her son and yet a need
for a life of her own - is quite exceptional. Journey from the North
is a brilliantly told story of a fascinating life. I>, one of the
great literary autobiographies of the century. Volume One, first
published in 1969, tells of her childhood in Whitby before the First
World War, the strong ties with her formidable mother, an early love of
the sea, her intellectual achievements at university and falling in
love. She vividly recalls her first marriage and the birth of her son;
then came her first book, work in London, and the deep happiness of her
second marriage to Guy Chapman, the novelist and historian. In the
thirties she became increasingly involved in politics, and her accounts
of the Depression and the rise of Fascism in Europe demonstrate her
exceptional understanding of the years between the wars.Journey from the
North<
