Biographer Claire Tomalin On ‘A Life Of My Own’

Biographer Claire Tomalin On ‘A Life Of My Own’

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After writing biographies of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Mary Wollstonecraft, Claire Tomalin turned to memoir. Her new work tells of her conflicting desires to have children and to lead a meaningful working life, her first husband’s infidelity, and how long it took to find herself professionally.