A Word Child (49 page)

Iris’s writing desk. Bayley’s book,
An Elegy for Iris
, published in 1999, is a loving tribute to their long marriage and recounts the last years of Iris’s life.

Murdoch and Bayley’s home in Steeple Aston, near Oxford, where the couple lived until Murdoch’s death. Bayley had an indoor pool built at the house for Murdoch to go swimming—one of her favorite hobbies—whenever she chose.

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ISBN: 978-1-4532-0112-1

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