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Myself When Young

Myself When Young | Daphne Du Maurier

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"An intimate view of a creative personality...as richly evocative as any of her novels." --Los Angeles Times Both in her novels and her memoirs, Daphne du Maurier revealed an ardent desire to explore her family's history. In Myself When Young, based on diaries she kept between 1920 and 1932, du Maurier probes her own past, beginning with her earliest memories and encompassing the publication of her first book and her marriage. Often painfully honest, she recounts her difficult relationship with her father, her education in Paris, her early love affairs, her antipathy towards London life, and her desperate ambition to succeed as a writer. The resulting self-portrait is of a complex, utterly captivating young woman.

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Myself When Young | Daphne Du Maurier

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#Marvellousmarchreadathon @Andrew65
Day 7: 1 audiobook, 1 ebook

1* Fascinating memoir from childhood through her marriage to husband Tom Browning, her first books, family and travels. Told primarily through diary entries. What a life she had!!
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#AAM2021 @Soubhiville

2* Fun mystery in the Virgin Islands 🇻🇬 🇻🇮 2nd book of a trilogy

DebbieGrillo I just finished the third book in the trilogy 🎧 4y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y

Eggs @DebbieGrillo I didn‘t read the first-should I ? 4y

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Eggs @TheAromaofBooks 🥳 4y

DebbieGrillo @Eggs yes! But I'm sure it will cover parts of the story you already know. 4y

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏🙌 4y

Eggs @Andrew65 Thank you 😊😊 4y

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Myself When Young | Daphne Du Maurier

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Fabulous start to the new year :)
Following this with a biography of her!

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Myself When Young | Daphne Du Maurier

I like to start the new year with a biography or diary and this fulfills it all. Plus it was purchased at Jamaica Inn!

BarbaraBB Wow, Jamaica Inn really exists? 6y

rachaich @BarbaraBB oh yes :). And I stayed there for the night. It's full of memoribilia and has a wicked gift shop. 6y

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Myself When Young | Daphne Du Maurier

This has been languishing in my BD wishlist for a while. I think it provides an intimate glimpse into her private and creative life. Based on diaries du Maurier kept between 1920 and 1932, the book recounts her “difficult relationship with her father, her education in Paris, her early love affairs, her antipathy towards London life, and her desperate ambition to succeed as a writer.” A must for du Maurier fans.
#adelesmaymashup #whenwewereyoung

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batsy Sounds really intriguing. Would love to know more about her life... 6y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sounds good! 6y

vkois88 Sounds like a good read. 6y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Oooo! Want!! 6y

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