A Ticket to the Circus (Hardcover) by Norris Church Mailer

from bakeet14

Written well and an interesting exploration of an iconic author, but Norris comes off as a little bit holier than thou when she glosses over her affairs as excusable incidents while hammering others (ie, Norman) for his.

from jensenmk82

An appealing memoir of remarkable candor and tact, two qualities that are hard to reconcile. Fortune smiled on Norman Mailer the day he met his last wife! This book confirms some commonplace beliefs about Mailer and contradicts others. It's hard not to see as a flaw the fact that the figure most ...

from gayla.bassham

Far more entertaining than it had any right to be. The book meanders a lot, and God knows I don't find Norman Mailer's behavior to be nearly as charming or understandable as she did, but still a very solid--if somewhat name-droppy--memoir.

from bakeet14

Written well and an interesting exploration of an iconic author, but Norris comes off as a little bit holier than thou when she glosses over her affairs as excusable incidents while hammering others (ie, Norman) for his.

from bogopea

Read it because of all I'd read about Norman Mailer and his 6 wives and numerous children and involvement with murderer Abbot whom he befriended when Abbot was in jail and subsequently got early release, only to kill someone a few months afterwards. Norris, his wife, was from small Arkansas town ...