Dear Dodie
The Life of Dodie Smith
Published on 6. June 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-7126-0731-5 (ISBN)
Description
Frank and funny, unorthodox, liberated and quintessentially English, Dodie Smith, playwright and novelist, was the author of those immortal classics, The Hundred and One Dalmations and I Capture the Castle. One of the most successful dramatists of her generation, she spent the war years in America, befriended Christopher Isherwood and, through Walt Disney's film, became a household name.
Reviews / Votes
I have nothing but praise for this engrossing book, which on the one hand recreates a recent, but forgotten theatrical age, and on the other should introduce Dodie to a host of new readers. -- Antonia Fraser * Literary Review * Beautifully written, warm and lively, with enough detachment for us to see Dodie for ourselves-Full of life and zip. * Joanna Trollope * Valerie Grove's vivid biography is a brilliant feat of retrieval - nobody will be glad to finish this book. -- John Carey * Sunday Times * Valerie Grove writes about Dodie with wit and discernment. This is a hugely enjoyable book. -- John Mortimer * Mail on Sunday * A successful portrait of a powerful and original woman of devastating wit and intelligence. -- Elspeth Barker * Independent on Sunday *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
16
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
265 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7126-0731-5 (9780712607315)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
11/1996
Pimlico
€32.40
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Person
Valerie Grove is a journalist and interviewer with a weekly column in The Times. She was born in South Shields and educated at Girton College, Cambridge. She joined the London Evening Standard in 1968, becoming a journalist and later its literary editor. Her first book, Where I Was Young, was published in 1976 and her second, The Compleat Woman, in 1987. She is married to journalist Trevor Grove and has four children. She lives in North London.