Why Not Say What Happened?
A Memoir
A Guinness heiress writes about the accident, the drinking, and the question of who her father actually was.
Lowell grew up between a beautiful house in Kent and the wreckage of the Guinness inheritance, the daughter of the writer Caroline Blackwood and stepdaughter of Robert Lowell. A scalding accident as a small child left injuries she spent years explaining away, and the question of her real father went unanswered far longer. The memoir is unsparing about alcohol and inheritance without ever asking to be pitied.
Recommended by 1 Person
Nancy Goldstone
On the one hand Ivana had a very privileged upbringing. When she was younger she lived in a beautiful house in Kent and they always had money. But they had this very odd background and she had a terrible accident as a child, so she had to overcome all this. Her story was so compelling I felt like I read this book in thirty seconds.
Interview · October 2013
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