Brooke Hayward

Author of Haywire

About the Author

Brooke Hayward was born into the most enviable of circumstances. The daughter of a famous actress and a successful Hollywood agent, she was beautiful, wealthy, and living at the very center of the most privileged life America had to offer. By the time she was twenty-three, her family was ripped show more apart. Who could have imagined that this magical life could have imagined that this magical life could shatter, so conclusively, so destructively? Brooke Hayward tells the riveting story of how her family went haywire. show less

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Works by Brooke Hayward

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Haywire (1977) 241 copies, 5 reviews

Cycle: All Terrain - With Brooke Hayward (2007) 1 copy

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Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album - Vintage Prints From the Sixties (2012) — Contributor — 22 copies

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Birthdate: 1937-07-05
Gender: female
Education: Vassar College
Yale University
Occupations: actor
autobiographer
Relationships: Sullavan, Margaret (mother)
Hayward, Leyland (father)
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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knahs 600 reviews

[HAYWIRE] BY Hayward, Brooke (Author) Vintage Books USA (publisher) Paperback by Brooke Hayward

A fantastic look at the lives of actress Margaret Sullavan and agent Leland Hayward through the eyes of their eldest daughter.

Jun 14, 2011 (Edited)4 other reviews

christinejoseph 1,115 reviews

Haywire by Brooke Hayward

Children of Hollywood couple go crazy

The daughter of successful Hollywood agent and broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan recalls the glamour, wealth, and talent that marked the lives of members of her extraordinary family and reveals the events that led to destroyed marriages, mental breakdown, and suicide

Jul 16, 2015 (Edited)4 other reviews

farrhon 228 reviews

Haywire: A Memoir by Brooke Hayward