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Hesper Anderson was born on 2 August 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. Hesper was a writer, known for Children of a Lesser God (1986), Touched by Love (1980) and The Deliberate Stranger (1986). Hesper was married to Earle H Levenstein.
- Writer
- August 2, 1934
- Hesper Anderson
- October 17, 2018
Apr 26, 2002 · Hesper Anderson vividly reconstructs her childhood memories for the reader with clarity and exquisite detail. Her story is one of a remarkable, sensitive girl as she traverses her precarious journey of childhood. The daughter of playwright Maxwell Anderson, Hesper was surrounded by the rich and famous.
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Sep 4, 2015 · “My mother killed herself on the first day of spring.” That’s the first line of Hesper Anderson’s memoir, South Mountain Road: A Daughter’s Journey of Discovery. Please persevere. And don’t be put off by the subtitle—even if the squishy word “journey” gives you hives, the book won’t. I promise. This is a straightforward recommendation—a prolonged staff pick, […]
Maxwell Anderson's daughter, Hesper Anderson, wrote a book titled South Mountain Road: A Daughter's Journey of Discovery (Simon & Schuster, 2000) about her family life and this circle of artists. The road and some of its features gets a mention in writer James Salter's 1997 memoir Burning the Days.
When Hesper Anderson, the daughter of famed Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Maxwell Anderson (What Price Glory?, Winterset, Key Largo, The Bad Seed), got the phone call informing her that her mother, the beautiful, enigmatic Mab, had committed suicide, she knew that her world would be forever changed. A woman of baffling remoteness and ...
- Hesper Anderson
- April 26, 2002
- Paperback
Mar 8, 2000 · Hesper Anderson skillfully conveys the comfortable yet bohemian atmosphere on South Mountain Road and its impact on her. Vivid character sketches include the warm, down-to-earth Lenya and the author's loving but judgmental father, but the strongest portrait is of Hesper herself, groping toward maturity in difficult circumstances. --Wendy Smith
- Hardcover
- Hesper Anderson
Born. August 2, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. Died. October 17, 2018 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA (complications from a stroke)
