From Simone De Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Sartre to Anais Nin & Henry James, the ruinous love affairs of the 20th century's greatest female writers. Introduction The companion: Katherine Mansfield & John Middleton Murry The novice: H.D. & Ezra Pound The mother: Rebecca West & H.G. Wells The ingénue: Jean Rhys & Ford Madox Ford The mistress: Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller The long-termer: Simone de Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Sartre The survivor: Martha Gellhorn & Ernest Hemingway The chaser: Elizabeth Smart & George Barker The wife: Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes Notes Bibliography Index