Author | Brooke Hayward |
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Language | English |
Genre | Memoir |
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | February 1977 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
Pages | 329 (Vintage Books edition) |
ISBN | 978-0-307-73959-9 (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]