The last month or so of the life of Iris Bayley, the wife of the author, provides the framework for this biography. But within this structure the author enters

"I was living in a fairy story--the kind with sinister overtones and not always a happy ending--in which a young man loves a beautiful maiden who returns his lo

As his wife, beloved novelist Iris Murdoch, succumbed to Alzheimer's, John Bayley wrote his own recollections as a companion piece to "Elegy for Iris". Sharing

A timeless work that will bring healing to anyone dealing with the loss of a loved one. John Bayley began writing Iris and Her Friends, a companion to the New Y

Iris Chang's mysterious suicide in 2004, at age thirty-six, didn't seem to make any sense. She had more to live for than anyone, including fame, fortune, beauty