It goes with the territory: memoirs of a poet

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"In this, her first memoir, she tells the story of her journey from aJewish childhood in Leicester to the undergraduate world of post-war Cambridge, the excitement of friendships in the literary world and the tensions of a poet's writing life inside a long and sometimes painful marriage. This book, howevr, is not only the intimate memoir of one of Britain's finest poets and novelists : it is also the story of a rapidly changing country and of an entire generation of authors"--Back cover.;Chapter 1. Foreign Roots -- Chapter 2. A Quiet War in Leicester -- Chapter 3. Dreaming of Elsewhere -- Chapter 4. NW3 -- Chapter 5. Portugal Place, Cambridge -- Chapter 6. The Opening Field -- Chapter 7. History Lessons -- Chapter 8. The Brighton Year 1967-68 -- Chapter 9. Metropolis -- Chapter 10. Bananas -- Chapter 11. Marina's Gifts -- Chapter 12. Russia -- Chapter 13. Family Travels -- Chapter 14. Grief -- Chapter 15. Exile -- Chapter 16. Nezlin's Stamp -- Chapter 17. Rewards and Explosions -- Chapter 18. Consequences -- Chapter 19. California -- Chapter 20. Poetry and Friends -- Chapter 21. Trips -- Chapter 22. Resolution -- Coda. Chapter 1. Foreign Roots -- Chapter 2. A Quiet War in Leicester -- Chapter 3. Dreaming of Elsewhere -- Chapter 4. NW3 -- Chapter 5. Portugal Place, Cambridge -- Chapter 6. The Opening Field -- Chapter 7. History Lessons -- Chapter 8. The Brighton Year 1967-68 -- Chapter 9. Metropolis -- Chapter 10. Bananas -- Chapter 11. Marina's Gifts -- Chapter 12. Russia -- Chapter 13. Family Travels -- Chapter 14. Grief -- Chapter 15. Exile -- Chapter 16. Nezlin's Stamp -- Chapter 17. Rewards and Explosions -- Chapter 18. Consequences -- Chapter 19. California -- Chapter 20. Poetry and Friends -- Chapter 21. Trips -- Chapter 22. Resolution -- Coda.