Her deft handling of these horrors recalls David and Albert Maysles' 1976 documentary Grey Gardens. “Sensational though Nathan's subject matter is.she never descends into exploitation. “Nathan's dexterous writing sees around the corners of Dare Wright's life to show that behind 0her perhaps perverse books was a childlike effort at life that was both futile and bold.” - Benjamin Lyntal, The New York Sun Nathan's sensitive hands, Wright's fate takes on a certain fluttering romance-an indignant poetry.” - Alexandra Fuller, The New York Observer “A probing and profound new biography.in Ms. Case in point: America’s love affair with their canine and feline friends.

A trio of exquisite Zwergnase dolls and bears: Yolinda, Yolanda, and Mareile. For 25 years, Zwergnase has been fulfilling wishes. “Thoroughly engrossing, and fans of The Lonely Doll series will want to read her terrific-and terrifically disturbing-life story.Readers of this dark and haunting biography will never be able to look at The Lonely Doll books, or their author, in quite the same way again.” - Rebecca Maksel, San Francisco Chronicle Zwergnase dolls and bears are mascots for their company’s uncanny ability to adapt and to adopt. “ sympathetic, graceful style seems appropriate for this private, elusive figure who kept such porous boundaries between her real and imaginary worlds.” - Joy Press, The Village Voice “Compelling psychological biography.Nathan's meticulously researched, well-documented biography.illuminates Wright's tangled and tragic life, work and times.” - Neal Wyatt, Library Journal Even readers who never felt Edith's spell will be captivated-and perhaps, unsettled-by this modern gothic tale.” - Michelle Green, People (4 stars) “Splendid.Nathan's detective work is admirable as is the care with which she traces Wright's psychic decay. Nathan has done an amazing job to capture Wright's life on the page and to bring us into the household of one of the saddest dysfunctional families ever.” - Cindy Sherman “Although I never read The Lonely Doll as a child or saw Dare Wright's photographs, it's as if I somehow did.

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