Without Lying Down

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Cari Beauchamp. Without Lying Down

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WITHOUT LYING DOWN

Hollywood on the Riviera

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Marion was selling occasional stories and paintings and Wes’s salary at the Chronicle was small but steady, yet economic realities mandated they live with their families. Four days after the brief ceremony, the newlyweds moved in with Wes’s parents and sisters on C Street in the Richmond district of San Francisco. After several months of restrained good behavior, Marion realized she had exchanged one set of watching eyes for another and, living with his parents, Wes seemed more of a son than a husband. Familiar with the constraints of sharing a roof with her own relatives, the couple moved in with her family.

Frustrated with what she felt were her limitations as a writer and an artist, Marion sought out her old family friend Jack London for advice.

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