'The Critic's Daughter' Explores the Marriage of Lynn Nesbit and Richard Gilman

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 28, 2023

Priscilla Gilman is the daughter of writer and theater critic Richard Gilman and famed literary agent Lynn Nesbit. When she was ten years old, her parents' marriage abruptly dissolved, leaving Priscilla with questions about her parents' true identities and the secrets they kept from her, and from each other. Gilman joins us to discuss her new memoir on the subject, The Critic's Daughter.

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