{"product_id":"9781608011346","title":"His Other Life: Searching For My Father, His First Wife, and Tennessee Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Melanie McCabe's father died in 1973, she learned a startling truth about his life before he settled into a quiet suburban existence. Terrence McCabe had been married before; his first wife, Hazel, was Tennessee Williams' childhood sweetheart; and Williams wrote characters based on both of them, and their marriage, into his plays. \u003cbr\u003e As an adult, Melanie set off to discover the real story behind her father's former life, enlisting help from librarians, amateur genealogists, and Tennessee Williams' own writings to fill in the blanks. At the center of the investigation is the perplexing death of Hazel, who died at age 38 while living in Mexico City. Was it suicide? Was it an accident? And who was the unknown man with her when she died? \u003cbr\u003e Part memoir, part love story, part gripping mystery, \u003ci\u003e His Other Life \u003c\/i\u003e is moving for what it reveals about the tragedies of falling in love, getting married, and trying to create a life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of New Orleans Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056438100208,"sku":"9781608011346","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608011346_p0.jpg?v=1763833810","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608011346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}