The Joyce Girl - A Novel of Jazz Age Paris (Broché)

Paris, 1928 : a city as alive as the latest ideas in art, music, and literature. At its center is Lucia Joyce, the daughter of the groundbreaking and scandalous author James Joyce. Known as her father's muse, Lucia is slowly emerging as a vibrant and exciting dancer. And the acolytes who regularly visit the Joyce apartment to pay homage to Ireland's exiled literary genius can't help but notice her.
Among them is a tall young man named Samuel Beckett—a fellow Irish exile—who idolizes Joyce and with whom Lucia becomes romantically involved. Lucia is both gifted and motivated, training tirelessly with some of the finest teachers in the world. Though her father delights in his daughter's talent, her mother, Nora, becomes more and more jealous. And as Lucia's relationship with Beckett sours, her dreams unravel, as does her hope of a life beyond her father's shadow.
With Lucia's behavior growing increasingly erratic, James Joyce sends her to pioneering psychoanalyst Carl Jung. There, at last, she will tell her own story—a fascinating, heartbreaking account of thwarted ambition, passionate creativity, and the power of love to both inspire and destroy.