Novelist. Born Eirene Adeline Botting at 22 Perham Road, West Kensington. She disliked her name and adopted her mother's maiden name. After the failure of her first marriage, she suffered a breakdown and spent nearly a year in the Bethlem mental hospital. Her novels include, 'Frost in May' and 'The Lost Traveller'. Died at St Raphael's Nursing Home, Danehill, Sussex
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Antonia White
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