โ Scribed by Annabel Abbs
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โAbbs has found a gripping and little-known story at the heart of one of the 20th centuryโs most astonishing creative moments, researched it deeply, and brought the extraordinary Joyce family and their circle in 1920s Paris to richly-imagined life.โโEmma Darwin, bestselling author ofA Secret AlchemyandThe Mathematics of Love
For readers who adored novels likeThe Paris Wife,Z, andLoving Frank, comes Annabel Abbs highly praised debut novel, where she spins the story of James Joyceโs fascinating, and tragic, daughter, Lucia.
โWhen she reaches her full capacity for rhythmic dancing, James Joyce may yet be known as his daughterโs father . . .โ
The review in theParis Timesin November 1928 is rapturous in its praise of Lucia Joyceโs skill and artistry as a dancer. The family has made theirhome in Parisโwhere the latest ideas in art, music, and literature converge.Acolytes regularly visit the Joyce apartment to pay homage to Irelandโs exiled literary genius. Among them is a tall, thin young man named Samuel Beckettโa fellow Irish expat who idolizes Joyce and with whom Lucia becomes romantically involved.
Lucia is both gifted and motivated, training tirelessly with some of the finest teachers in the world. Though her father delights in his daughterโs talent, she clashes with her mother, Nora. And as her relationship with Beckett sours, Luciaโs dreams unravel, as does her hope of a life beyond her fatherโs shadow.
With Luciaโs behavior growing increasingly erratic, James Joyce sends her to pioneering psychoanalyst Carl Jung. Here, at last, she will tell her own storyโa fascinating, heartbreaking account of thwarted ambition, passionate creativity, and the power of love to both inspire and destroy.
The Joyce Girlcreates a compelling and moving account of the real-life Joyce Girl, of unrealized dreams and rejection, and of the destructive love of a father.
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