- Published: 23 June 2020
- ISBN: 9781681374451
- Imprint: NY Review Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $36.99
The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives
- Published: 23 June 2020
- ISBN: 9781681374451
- Imprint: NY Review Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $36.99
"Johnson [has an] unusually wide-ranging skill as a writer...the striking originality of Lesser Lives no doubt explains the unusual vocabulary of compliments, not normally seen in reviews of nonfictional works. " --Carolyn A. Durham
"[A] splendid biographical study...about figures on the fringes of the Romantic movement." --The New York Times
"Her originality and courage are evident in everything she writes... For Johnson, the most interesting person at the table was Mary Ellen Peacock Meredith, who died at 40 of renal disease after leaving her husband and being forcibly kept from seeing their son because of what her husband explained to the world as her immoral behavior... Lesser Lives freed up other writers to express [a] kind of democratic sympathy." --Constance Casey, The Los Angeles Times