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Parkin, Molly

Literature & Fiction

Breast Stroke

Contemporary

Virgin Books

Love Bites

Book Club

Cock-A-Hoop

Guild Publishing

Molly Parkin's background was poor. Her parents were ill-suited and fought constantly, and both later became alcoholics. Her father was alternately physically abusive and very affectionate, thereby setting up a pattern of highly-charged sexual violence that she sought in her future relationships with men. She studied fine art at college and painted throughout her first marriage. After years of violence and betrayals she left her husband, taking her two daughters, and found herself unable to paint - a block which it took her 20 years to overcome. Turning her talents to the fashion world, she became an arbiter of style at the height of the "Swinging Sixties", as fashion editor of "Nova", "Harper's" and "The Sunday Times". Her second marriage - to a younger man, the painter Patrick Hughes - took her down to Cornwall, where she wrote her best-selling comic-erotic novels. Outwardly it seemed she could do no wrong, but she was already drinking to excess and the marriage was failing. They moved to New York, staying at the notorious Chelsea Hotel and mixing with the famous and infamous, indulging in sex, drugs and drink. Just before she left for England to see her ailing mother, her husband tried to kill her, and back home - alone - she embarked on a career as a cabaret artiste, but the day she blacked out on stage in an alcoholic stupor was her lowest point. She contemplated suicide, but slowly fought back, seeking and eventually finding a spiritual centre to her life. This is Molly Parkin's autobiography.

Moll: the Making of Molly Parkin

Orion Publishing Co

Moll: the Making of Molly Parkin: An Autobiography

Write up

Joseph

Up Tight

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Blond & Briggs Ltd.

Indefatigable, exuberant, and insightful, Molly Parkin has enjoyed a life like no other, and Welcome to Mollywood is both a memoir and a new artistic beginning for this much-loved writer and artist. There are appearances from her famous lovers—James Robertson Justice, John Mortimer, George Melly, Bo Diddley; stories of her drinking days with Francis Bacon at the legendary Colony; accounts of her friendships with Barbara Hulanicki of BIBA fame and fashion designer Zandra Rhodes; and throughout, a strong and utterly individual voice that will delight her many fans and introduce her to a whole new audience.

Welcome to Mollywood

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

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