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Those who have a romanticized image of Beryl Markham after reading West with the Night and want to keep that image would do well to keep away from this book. It's a tell-all -- and there is much to tell -- as Markham was apparently rather promiscuous and at times rather callous and self-serving.
Still, I have to say I'm glad I read the book, for it casts light on a very complex person. Once again, here's an object lesson in how the very driven can also be, in many ways, rather unlikeable. Howeve ...more
Still, I have to say I'm glad I read the book, for it casts light on a very complex person. Once again, here's an object lesson in how the very driven can also be, in many ways, rather unlikeable. Howeve ...more
I purchased and read this book after reading West with the Night, a story written by Bery Markham (or so I thought) that chronicles her time as a bush pilot in British East Africa. I was so taken by the book that I wanted to learn more about this amazing woman. However...for those who have read West with the Night I say be warned. The Lives of Beryl Markham paints a much less flattering picture of the woman and even makes a strong case that Markham didn't write West with the Night. Prepare to ha
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Jan 01, 2016
TR Ryan
marked it as to-read
Sep 24, 2016
Jocelyn
marked it as to-read
