Wise Children

In their heyday on the vaudeville stages ofnbsp the early twentieth centuryDora Chance and her twin sister Noraunacknowledged daughters of Sir MelchiorHazard th... » 

In their heyday on the vaudeville stages ofnbsp the early twentieth centuryDora Chance and her twin sister Noraunacknowledged daughters of Sir MelchiorHazard the greatest Shakespearean actor of his daywere known as the LuckyChances with private lives as colorful and erratic as their careers. But nowat age 75 Dora is typing up their life story and it is a tale indeed thatAngela Carter tells. A writer known for the richness of her imagination and witas well as her feminist insights into matters large and smallnbspshe createdin Wise Children an effervescent family saga that manages to celebrate thelore and magic of show business while also exploring the connections betweenparent and child the transitory and the immortal authenticity and falsehood. «