LC
's maternal niece Joanna Moorhead
published her biography The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington this year, the centenary of Carrington's birth. The book was released by Virago Press
.
Moorhead, Joanna. The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington. Virago Press.
LC
had three brothers (Pat, Gerard, and Arthur Carrington) whose gendered childhoods were more expansive than hers. Her biographer Joanna Moorhead
notes that LC
resented her brothers' freedom to play beyond their home and study...
Family and Intimate relationships
Leonora Carrington
In 2006 novelist Joanna Moorhead
contacted LC
, her maternal great-aunt, who had largely been out of contact with her family in England since her mother's death. Moorhead regularly visited LC in Mexico City and...
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Texts
Moorhead, Joanna. “Blooming marvellous: the world’s first female photographer—and her botanical beauties”. theguardian.com.
Moorhead, Joanna. The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington. Virago Press, 2017.