A Chainless Soul: A Life of Emily Bronte
Katherine Frank. Ballantine Books, $19 (332pp) ISBN 978-0-449-90661-3
A portrait of Bronte as a victim of anorexia nervosa. Illustrated. (Feb.)
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Reviewed on: 01/27/1992
Genre: Nonfiction
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