Download or read book A Genius in the Family written by Hilary Du Pré and published by Minerva. This book was released on 1998 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since her death in 1987, Jacqueline du Pre's brother and sister have long felt that her life story has never been properly told. This is an often painful account of what happens when a prodigy is born into a family and how the driving force of the talent controlled not only her life, but theirs.