In this book, John Cheever's daughter has used his revealing unpublished journals, letters, and her own memories of their life together in a talented and volatile family to tell the remarkable story of one American literature's foremost writers. What results is a moving chronicle of John Cheever's successes and failures as a son, brother, husband, and father.

(Key Words: Biography, Memoirs, Literature, Criticism, John Cheever, Stories).