J M Barrie and the Lost Boys

This literary biography is “a story of obsession and the search for pure childhood . . . Moving, charming, a revelation” ( Los Angeles Times ). J. M. Barrie, Victorian novelist, playwright, and author of Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up , led a life almost as interesting as his famous creation. Childless in his marriage, Barrie grew close to the five young boys of the Davies family, ultimately becoming their guardian and surrogate father when they were orphaned. Andrew Birkin draws ext