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, solicitorGeorge Victor Max Hamer
.
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438, 440
Family and Intimate relationships
Jean Rhys
JR
's third husband, Max Hamer
, was convicted of larceny and obtaining money on false pretences and sentenced to three years in Maidstone Prison
.
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456-7
Family and Intimate relationships
Jean Rhys
JR
's third husband, Max Hamer
, died, after being ill for a number of years.
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521-3
Health
Jean Rhys
Two years before her husband
's death, JR
was admitted, suffering depression, to the Belvedere Clinic of Exe Vale Hospital
near Exeter after another bout of drinking and another fight with a neighbour.
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518
Material Conditions of Writing
Jean Rhys
Rhys experienced several losses during this period as well. Her first
and third husbands died (Max
after being seriously ill over a lengthy period), and her friendship with Selma vas Diaz
was destroyed.Diaz
Residence
Jean Rhys
JR
and her third husband, Max Hamer
, moved to a cottage bought for them by her brother, Edward, at Cheriton Fitzpaine in Devon.
Angier, Carole. Jean Rhys: Life and Work. Little, Brown, 1990.