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Book SynopsisNancy Cunard abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil rights champion. This biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age.
Trade ReviewThis able, diligently researched biography... revives the memory of a remarkable woman against the backdrop of major 20th-century events. Publishers Weekly Gordon brings a literary sensibility, a historian's insight, and psychological fluency to her groundbreaking and alternately mesmerizing and shattering biography. Booklist Here is a fascinating life story, delivered in absorbing detail. New York Daily News A worthy biography of the Jazz Age beauty who mesmerized Pound and Elliot. -- Megan O'Grady Vogue This extraordinary life has been well served by Gordon. The Australian Gordon provides a perfect illustration of Cunard's fascinating, moving life...your perfect summertime read. -- Jen Ortiz Social Life Magazine [Lois Gordon] vividly reconstructs the Cunard legend and brings her back to life. -- Carla Kaplan The Nation [A] fine biography-extremely well researched and felicitously written. -- Mary V. Dearborn American Book Review Lois Gordon's biography of Nancy Cunard arrives at a time when we sorely need exemplars for art and activism. Rain Taxi A fascinating and ultimately poignant story. Modernism/Modernity [An] immensely detailed biography. -- Sarah Mower The Daily Telegraph (UK)
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. Golden Girl 2. Coming of Age During a Revolution in the Arts 3. Counterpoint of War in London 4. Postwar Breakdown 5. Return to the World in Paris 6. Reluctant Icon 7. Nancy as Publisher 8. Prelude to Negro 9. Negro 10. Nancy as Journalist: Scottsboro, Ethiopia, Spain 11. On the Front Lines in the Spanish Civil War 12. Exposing the Concentration Camps After Franco's Victory 13. Exile and Resistance in World War II 14. Surviving Reanville 15. Escaping La Mothe 16. The Last Great Glare Epilogue Notes Index
