Vera Caspary, the celebrated author of Laura, tells her own story in
this captivating autobiography.
With a career that spanned from the 1920s through 1970s, one that
produced over twenty novels, in addition to her many credits for film
and theater, Caspary centered her life around a passion for writing.
From her early experiences at an advertisement agency--where she
developed a correspondence school and invented its "famed"
instructor--to the struggles of being gray-listed in the McCarthy Era,
Caspary constantly found a way to turn her creative needs into viable
work.
Caspary recalls the rest of a full life, too, including her flirtation
with communism, travels across Europe, and a marriage. Caspary's
skillful writing makes her incredible depictions of people, and the
times in which they lived, jump off the page.