Haywire (book)

Haywire
First edition
AuthorBrooke Hayward
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
February 1977
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages329 (Vintage Books edition)
ISBN978-0-307-73959-9 (Vintage Books edition)

Haywire is a 1977 memoir by actress and writer Brooke Hayward (born 1937),[1] daughter of theatrical agent and producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan.[2] It is a #1 New York Times Best Seller[3] and was on the newspaper's list for 17 weeks.[4] In Haywire, Brooke details her experience of growing up immersed in the glamorous and extravagant lifestyle afforded by her parents’ successful Hollywood and Broadway careers and tells the story of how her privileged, beautiful family and their seemingly idyllic life fell apart.[2]

  1. ^ "Brooke Hayward". IMDb. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b Gould, Lois (6 March 1977), "A star-crossed childhood", The New York Times, p. 290, retrieved 7 February 2011
  3. ^ "Biography for Brooke Hayward". IMDb. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Best Sellers". The New York Times. 17 July 1977. p. 190.