She was drinking heavily during the writing of this painful novel. She had serious fights with her current husband, Leslie Tilden-Smith
, and once threw his typewriter out of the window, fortunately hitting no passers-by...
Family and Intimate relationships
Jean Rhys
JR
married her second husband, literary agent Leslie Tilden-Smith
, after living with him for over five years.
Angier, Carole. Jean Rhys: Life and Work. Little, Brown.
223, 231-2, 291-2
Travel
Jean Rhys
JR
and her second husband, Leslie Tilden-Smith
, left Southampton for a trip to Martinique, St Lucia, and Dominica.
Angier, Carole. Jean Rhys: Life and Work. Little, Brown.
350-2
Family and Intimate relationships
Jean Rhys
JR
's second husband, Leslie Tilden-Smith
, died suddenly of a heart attack while they were on holiday at a remote cottage near Dartmoor.
Sternlicht, Sanford. Jean Rhys. Twayne.
14
Angier, Carole. Jean Rhys: Life and Work. Little, Brown.
427-8
Family and Intimate relationships
Jean Rhys
Two years to the day after the death of her second husband, Leslie Tilden-Smith
, and after one of the deepest troughs in her emotional life, JR
married his cousin, solicitor George Victor Max Hamer
.
Angier, Carole. Jean Rhys: Life and Work. Little, Brown.