For the first time the story of John Steinbeck's forgotten second wife unmentioned in standard editions of his classics such as The Grapes of Wrath. Their 1943 war time marriage ended when she divorced him in 1948. Smart, adventurous and in love, she at first matched Steinbeck's zest for 'on the road adventures, ' but was then only too happy to settle down and make a home where he could write. Love and marriage were considered the appropriate vocation...