Susan Cheever

Lively and astute!

Transcendentalism--the story behind the scenes.

"A short, steamy read."

"As a biography of one of the most humane and beneficial Americans who ever lived, it is a national treasure."

Raising wonderful children in a difficult world

A poignant memoir of a man driven by boundless genius and ambition.

"Engrossing and remarkably devoid of self-flagellation."

"Ms. Cheever's. . . coolly intelligent perspective. . . provides a clear, hard-edged picture of the snobbery, sexism, anti-Semitism adultery, alcoholism, and emotional dishonesty that were part and parcel of those swimming pools and tennis courts."

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1989

Clarkson N. Potter, 1987

Houghton Mifflin, 1982. Paperback: Random House, 1983.

Simon & Schuster, 1981. Paperback: Ballantine Group: 1982.

Simon & Schuster, 1980. Paperback: Fawcett, 1982.