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The charm of a daughter’s desire

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May 1994, no. 160

Searching for Charmian by Suzanne Chick

MacMillan, $39.95 hb

The charm of a daughter’s desire

by
May 1994, no. 160

I came to Suzanne Chick’s book full of prejudice and cynicism. Certainly Chick was the illegitimate daughter Charmian Clift had when she was nineteen, but Chick was relinquished at two weeks to her adoptive family and Clift took her own life before Chick began to make enquiries about her natural mother. What could Chick have to say about Clift that those who knew her couldn’t? Wouldn’t this just be crass cashing-in on a famous and alluring name? A ‘Mommie Dearest’ genre from a different angle?

Helen Elliott reviews 'Searching for Charmian' by Suzanne Chick

Searching for Charmian

by Suzanne Chick

MacMillan, $39.95 hb

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