Good as gone : my life with Irving Layton / Anna Pottier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pottier, Anna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Layton, Irving, 1912-2006.

Layton, Irving.

Pottier, Anna.

Layton, Irving, 1912-2006--Marriage.

Layton, Irving, 1912-2006--Health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (439 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Dundurn Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After dropping out of school, 23-year-old Anna Pottier became Layton's fifth and final wife. She was 48 years his junior. As Irving's partner, she shared his world until Parkinson's and early-stage Alzheimer's changed both of their lives, and Pottier had nothing left to give.

Contents:

Cover; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; A Note on the Quoted Material; Leave-Taking; 1: The Bull Calf: Controversial Poet; 2: Meeting; 3: Europe and Other Not-So-Bad News; 4: From Cabin-on-the-Lake to Niagara-on-the-Lake; 5: At His Invitation; 6: Chance and Appetite; 7: Meshing; 8: Oakville; 9: Buckle Up; 10: Coming Out; 11: Telegram Written on Water; 12: The Carved Nakedness; 13: Showdown; 14: Italy, "Kakania," and Poetry 101; 15: First Trip: Italy; 16: Family Portrait; 17: Montreal Awaits; 18: Montreal; 19: Ordinary Miracles; 20: On the Inside Looking Out; 21: The Golden Boy

22: How to Dominate Reality23: Lunch with Ettore and Fellini; 24: On the Writing of Waiting for the Messiah; 25: The Fire Is All That Matters; 26: Full Swing; 27: The Cameron Affair; 28: Wedding Over the Atlantic; 29: Downdrafts; 30: Of Triumphs and a Dedication; 31: Weight of the World; 32: Israel: There's a Crack in Everything; 33: What Did You Expect?; 34: Goodbye; 35: Escape; 36: Final Scene; Epilogue: Idiot Wind: Catharsis; Acknowledgements; Appendix 1: Yarmouth, NS: Small Town Summer; Appendix 2: Cameronian Bloopers; Notes; Copyright

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-325) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781459728561

1459728564

9781459728554

1459728556

OCLC:

911205284