Book description
William James, the psychologist Henry James, the writer Alice
James, the sister? Alice James spends most of her short life in bed.
Henry calls it her solution to the practical problem of life', and
William is too busy and too far away to pay much attention. Her
lifelong companion, Katharine Loring, is a constant support, but in
the midst of coping with Alice's pain and frustration, the two women
are faced with the shock of discovering Henry has made use of them in
his fiction. Alice's witty voice rises vividly from the page as she
casts an acerbic eye on the characters who populate her life and on
the tensions between Katharine and Henry in this compelling fictional
memoir.
Lynne Alexander was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved to Britain
in 1970. She became a professional harpsichordist before turning to
writing in l980. She has since published five novels including the
widely praised and translated Safe Houses. Her work as
writer-in-residence at three hospices is recounted in two volumes of
poems. She also taught on the MA program in Creative Writing at
Sheffield Hallam University. Now retired, she lives in an AONB in the
northwest where she continues to write.
