Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham

"Deeply researched, Bingham's engrossing biography brings her glamorous, tormented ancestor vividly to life." ---Kirkus Starred Review

"An interesting but ultimately sad life" according to Lyric. Interesting look at the life of a woman of means who consorted with many of the bold name figures of the 20's and An interesting but ultimately sad life Interesting look at the life of a woman of means who consorted with many of the bold name figures of the 20's and 30's. Bingham obviously was a very troubled woman. She was a lesbian at a time when it was nearly impossible to live openly in most circles. However, Henrietta Bingham did have the advantage of wealth and the ability to move in circles in which being homosexual was not forbidden or hidden. It was an atmosphere in which she could have made a life for her self with the woman/women she loved but something. 0's. Bingham obviously was a very troubled woman. She was a lesbian at a time when it was nearly impossible to live openly in most circles. However, Henrietta Bingham did have the advantage of wealth and the ability to move in circles in which being homosexual was not forbidden or hidden. It was an atmosphere in which she could have made a life for her self with the woman/women she loved but something. "Bravo!" according to Laurie A. Birnsteel. In the last paragraph of “Irrepressible. The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham,” the author writes:Henrietta leaves us with a series of sounds: unceasing calls to “come home”; ice clinking in emptying highball glasses; a saxophone note trailing away as the party ends; a tennis racket smashing a ball; a powerful car engine sighing as it's shut off; pills rattling in a bottle. She took freedom as far as she could. She gave pleasure. By not living the brilliant life expected of her, she disap. "Irrepressible" is dazzling! Alex S. Jones This book could have been called "Irresistible." That well describes the protagonist, Henrietta Bingham, the Kentucky heiress whose elusive sensuality and mezmerizing eyes obsessed Dora Carrington, John Houseman, Mina Kirstein and many - many - others in the 1920s and 1930s. It also describes the book itself, written with elegance and authority by Henrietta's grand niece, Emily Bingham, a respected historian who was drawn to the mystery of Henrietta, a figure of fascination and shame within the Binghams' privilege

. Emily Bingham is the great-niece of Henrietta Bingham. She lives with her family in Louisville, Kentucky.Christina Delaine is an accomplished stage and voice actor, as well as an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. She earned a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and frequently teaches at Centre College. She is the author of Mordecai and coeditor of The Southern Agrarians and the New De

Raised like a princess in one of the most powerful families in the American South, Henrietta Bingham was offered the helm of a publishing empire. And perhaps most painfully, she became a source of embarrassment for her family-she was labeled "a three-dollar bill." But forebears can become fairy-tale figures, especially when they defy tradition and are spoken of only in whispers. Instead, she ripped through the Jazz Age like an F. After the speed and pleasure of her early days, the toxicity of judgment from others coupled with her own anxieties resulted in years of addiction and breakdowns. But her love affairs with women made her the