The compelling biography of the beautiful, talented Garman sisters and the glittering, romantic era in which they lived.Each of the seven Garman sisters were strikingly beautiful, artistic and wild. Born around the turn of the nineteenth century, most of the siblings were to become involved in the radical literary and political circles of British life between the First and Second World Wars. Their morals were unconventional: bisexuality, unfaithfulness and illegitimate children were a matter of course. Nevertheless they were high-minded and intensely loyal.They were the last muses: women who were prepared to sideline their own talent, friendships, material comforts - even their own children - in order to beguile and inspire the men they loved.Cressida Connolly''s family biography delves into the lives of three of the sisters in intense and revealing detail.Kathleen Garman, the father''s favourite, ran away to London to study music. She was spotted by the American sculptor Jacob Epstein
