A wonderfully rich portrait of a Greenwich Village bohemian who rose and fell through some of the most exciting moments in modern history...Though Bryant had an affair with young playwright Eugene O'Neill, she was deeply in love with [John] Reed. They married and together covered the Russian Revolution, gaining personal interviews with top revolutionaries, including Lenin. Reed died in Russia in 1920 of typhus. In 1923 Bryant married wealthy William C. Bullitt and became a society hostess in Paris before succumbing to Dercum's disease, being divorced by Bullitt, denied custody of her daughter, and dying along of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1936. Dearborn writes compassionately and fluidly, although she doesn't quite prove her case that Bryant was more than a supporting player in the drama of our times. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.