Bibliograph

Daphne Du Maurier and her sisters, the hidden lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing, Jane Dunn

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Daphne Du Maurier and her sisters, the hidden lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing, Jane Dunn

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Daphne Du Maurier and her sisters

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jane Dunn

Sub title

the hidden lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing

Summary

The Du Mauriers - three beautiful, successful and rebellious sisters, whose lives were bound in a family drama that inspired Angela and Daphne's best novels. Much has been written about Daphne but here the hidden lives of the sisters are revealed in a riveting group biography. The middle sister in a celebrated artistic dynasty, Daphne du Maurier is one of the master storytellers of our time, author of 'Rebecca', 'Jamaica Inn' and 'My Cousin Rachel'. Her success and fame were enhanced by films of her novels and horrifying short stories, 'Don't Look Now' and the unforgettable 'The Birds' among them. But this fame overshadowed her sisters Angela and Jeanne, a writer and an artist of talent, living quiet lives even more unconventional than Daphne's own. In this group biography they are considered side by side, as they were in life, three sisters brought up in the hothouse of a theatrical family with a peculiar and powerful father. This family dynamic reveals the hidden lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing, full of social non-conformity, creative energy and compulsive make-believe, their lives as psychologically complex as a Daphne du Maurier plotline

Target audience

adult

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