"Iris Murdoch and John Bayley were inseparable for over 40 years. She was one of Britain's most distinguished authors, he a respected Oxford professor. This moving yet unsentimental memoir chronicles their life together in the heady atmosphere of academia, her immense achievements as a writer, and her eventual tragic decline after succumbing to Alzheimer's Disease."@en
"Three abridged biographies: Iris describes the English novelist's last years, disabled by Alzheimer's; Dangerous ground tells of the adventures of Roger Cook, investigative journalist; The queen of Whale Cay is the story of eccentric heiress "Joe" Carstairs, who bought an island in the Bahamas and retired to it to lead a life of motorboat racing and entertaining actresses, duchesses and priests."
"If ever there was a marriage made in heaven, it is the marriage between Dame Iris Murdoch and John Bayley. Their life together was cruelly interrupted when it became clear that Dame Iris was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. In this frank and sometimes unbearably moving memoir John remembers the history of their marriage and tells how they have so far coped with a disorder whose origins are still mysterious."@en
"In this book the English literary critic, John Bayley, pays a very loving tribute to his wife, Dame Iris Murdoch. The well-known novelist and philosopher died after a five year battle with Alzheimer's disease."@en