Savage Beauty
by:
Nancy Milford (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780786239658 (0786239654)
Publish date: March 1st 2002
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 957
Edition language: English
I found this book ultimately unsatisfying, and very, very long. A bad combination. I recommend Millay's poetry instead.
This is quite a tome, weighing in at 550 pages. I was doubtful that I could find the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay interesting enough to stick it out until the end, but surprisingly, I did. Nancy Milford has a way with sharing the facts and fictions of Millay's life in a lively and engrossing way....