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Daphne du Maurier and Her Sisters: The Hidden Lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing
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November 10, 2019
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December 9, 2019
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Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂
In spite of some ragged writing at the start I very much enjoyed this biography.

Daphne Portrait of Daphne Du Maurier by Judith Cook goes into exhaustive detail about the girls' early life and their famous family. I'm glad Dunn focused on the sisters as adults. She details Gerald's possessive love for his middle daughter, but doesn't speculate on it.

Jane Dunn doesn't go into as much detail about Daphne du Maurier's books, (which is a plus as far as I am concerned - I just hate having to watch for spoilers in literary biographies) - & they wer
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