Favored Strangers: Gertrude Stein and Her Family

"An amiable and perhaps charitable portrait of the self-proclaimed grandmother of the modern movement. Although it's impossible to write a life of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) without mentioning her family Paris salon and her many well-known friends, Wagner-Martin... does an excellent job here of downplaying those more hackneyed aspects of Stein's existence. The author instead focuses on Stein's complex personality and relationships, especially those with her immediate family members and her longtime partner, Alice B. Toklas... Clear, lively, and comprehensive."Linda Wagner-Martin is the author of 'Favored Strangers: Gertrude Stein and Her Family', published 1997 under ISBN 9780813524740 and ISBN 0813524741.