The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 27th, 1998
Oona: Living in the Shadows. By Jane Scovell. Warner Books. 354 pages. $25.
Jane Scovell's biography of Oona O'Neill Chaplin is a vexing book.
The story of Chaplin's life and the singularity of her experience she was the daughter of dramatist Eugene O'Neill and wife of screen legend Charlie Chaplin make her a fascinating subject for a biography. At the crux of the story is the fact that Chaplin was an 18-year-old debutante who had been rejected by her father when she married Chaplin, 54. Their marriage lasted more than 30 years (ending with his death in 1977), and the couple had eight childr...
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