Hilary du Pré
Auteur van Hilary and Jackie: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Shared a Passion, a Madness and a Man
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(eng) Please do not combine this entry with Piers du Pre. He has his own author page, as does the combination of "Hilary and Piers duPre".
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- Gangbare naam
- du Pré, Hilary
- Geboortedatum
- 1942
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Relaties
- Du Pre, Jacqueline (sister)
Finzi, Christopher (husband)
Barenboim, Daniel (brother in law) - Ontwarringsbericht
- Please do not combine this entry with Piers du Pre. He has his own author page, as does the combination of "Hilary and Piers duPre".
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- Werken
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- Leden
- 212
- Populariteit
- #104,834
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 10
- Talen
- 3
No matter what else I think of Hilary and Jackie, I have to credit the authors with what appears to be utter honesty, or a ‘tell all’ memoir; I’m not sure which it is. On one level Hilary and Jackie strikes me as a lovely book about a family for whom music is absolutely everything, almost obsessively so. The ‘everything’, unfortunately, centers on the cellist in the family, Jackie. Two thirds of the way through I still was unsure whether I liked the book or the characters at all; mostly I felt frustration, anger, and disgust that the family allowed and condoned Jackie’s tyranny over the family, all in the name of her emotional health, and later multiple sclerosis of which she died at 42 years of age.
The family tale is told by brother, Piers, and older sister, Hilary. After Jackie’s death, the two declined offers from others to write Jackie’s biography. Instead, they chose to read through all written material collected over the years including letters, news articles, journals. Their goal was to create a portrait of the real Jackie, as her family knew her. I would surmise that they succeeded. Though I sometimes had difficulty following time segments as Hilary and Piers volleyed their remembrances, I thought the book interesting. Who am I to judge other dysfunctional families?… (meer)