Lucia Joyce, the only daughter of James and Nora Joyce, was born on this day in 1907. She died in 1982 having spent 47 years in mental hospitals. Although she was diagnosed as schizophrenic, her father refused to accept it. Instead he believed she was a genius like himself. I wrote about Lucia’s sad, thwarted life(…)
Joyce’s birthday was always a family event. Following, a short excerpt from newly reissued (TMI Press) CLAIRVOYANT available now as a kindle or book, including a New Author’s Note. Despite being diagnosed as schizophrenic, Lucia’s father saw her as a genius like himself. Like a jewel I showed new and incompatible sides, which were breaking off(…)
The new TMI’s reissues are: Two novels: 1. The Devil’s Mistress The story of the woman who lived and died with Hitler — Eva Braun. (The soup) 2. Clairvoyant, The Imagined Life of Lucia Joyce The story of James Joyce’s daughter who she was diagnosed as schizophrenic and spent over 40 years in mental hospitals though her(…)
