Star-Crossed Lovers: James Jones, Lowney Handy, and the Birth of "From Here to Eternity" James Jones, Lowney Handy, and the

by M J Moore

From Lowney Handy's scandalous small-town open marriage to author James

Jones's extraordinary apprenticeship with Maxwell Perkins, Star-Crossed Lovers illuminates an unforgettable love

story. She was an eccentric small-town self-taught rebel, driven by creative zeal and a

non-conformist streak. He was a distressed ex-GI (flat broke, without prospects,

damaged by war), 17 years younger than she, consumed by visions of a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1956474218
• ISBN13: 9781956474213
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Heliotrope Books LLC
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"