A SecondHand Life Author:Charles Jackson When Charles Jackson wrote The Lost Weekend in 1944, he created both a definitive portrait of an alchoholic and an enduring best seller. Now, in A Second-Hand Life, he has etched a woman just as real, as driven and as unforgettable as the hapless Don Birnam. Her name is Winifred Grainger, a woman with a powerful. excessive attr... more »action to the male.« less