Sunflower

A beautiful actress of the 1920s faces painful decisions about her lovers and her future in Rebecca West's posthumously published semi-autobiographical novel Star of the stage, Sunflower has everything but the attention she craves from her long-time—and married—lover, Lord Essington, a brilliant and intense man occupied with more intellectual thoughts. Eager for a more rewarding experience, Sunflower must decide whether another "great man," the Australian Francis Pitt, will offer a more traditional relationship and happiness. Written during West's own psychoanalysis and never finished, Sunflower ponders topics of the power struggle between the sexes, and a woman's freedom to determine her romantic destiny. Drawn heavily from West's own relationships with H.G. Wells and Lord Beaverbrook, this roman à clef gives a glimpse of the author's own struggle to find a satisfying relationship. West & rsquo;s posthumously published semi-autobiographical novel & mdash;now available as an ebook A beautiful actress of the 1920s faces painful decisions about her lovers and her future Star of the stage, Sunflower has everything but the attention she craves from her long-time & mdash;and married & mdash;lover, Lord Essington, a brilliant and intense man occupied with more intellectual thoughts. Eager for a more rewarding experience, Sunflower must decide whether another & ldquo;great man, & rdquo; the Australian Francis Pitt, will offer a more traditional relationship and happiness. Written during West & rsquo;s own psychoanalysis and never finished, Sunflower ponders topics of the power struggle between the sexes, and a woman & rsquo;s freedom to determine her romantic destiny. Drawn heavily from West & rsquo;s own relationships with H.G. Wells and Lord Beaverbrook, this roman & agrave; clef gives a glimpse of the author & rsquo;s own struggle to find a satisfying relationship West{u2019}s posthumously published semi-autobiographical novelA beautiful actress of the 1920s faces painful decisions about her lovers and her futureStar of the stage, Sunflower has everything but the attention she craves from her long-time{u2014}and married{u2014}lover, Lord Essington, a brilliant and intense man occupied with more intellectual thoughts. Eager for a more rewarding experience, Sunflower must decide whether another ?great man,? the Australian Francis Pitt, will offer a more traditional relationship and happiness. Written during West{u2019}s own psychoanalysis and never finished, Sunflower ponders topics of the power struggle between the sexes, and a woman{u2019}s freedom to determine her romantic destiny. Drawn heavily from West{u2019}s own relationships with H.G. Wells and Lord Beaverbrook, this roman à clef gives a glimpse of the author{u2019}s own struggle to find a satisfying relationship