Publisher Description

In this sequel to Keep This Quiet! Margaret relocates to Morocco with her exotic, fascinating, unstable Belgian poet husband Jan Mensaert. Living in villages, she experiences cooking on charcoal and shopping for fresh groceries daily with a basket in open air markets. But the main focus of the book is on her encounters with the three male protagonists, "outlaw" authors one and all, brilliantly creative and with the personalities that match. In once-yearly trips to the United Statets, she re-energizes on a diet of one-liner advice, deeply digested and wise, from genius-poet Milton Klonsky. This, she reports to the reader, magically as if her mind were a tape recorder. She also gets Gonzo updates from Hunter Thompson - two relationships that never lose their hold or significance, even necessity. From Morocco, to Belgium, to Switzerland, and the United States, Margaret pits wits with - learns from - and grows through these rare, close - sometimes romantic - relationships with men who exemplify authenticity. At one point, trying desperately to find her, Hunter writes, "Dear Margaret, Where are you and why? I've lost track completely. My last definite word was from a toilet-hole in Algiers." He wants her to work on his next manuscript. This is 1971. Moving from 1970 (Belgium/a Cairo honeymoon) to 1986 (the Jung Institute Zurich), the book ends up fittingly at Hunter's Owl Farm. Where else could the last two chapters take place? There, she reintroduces herself to Hunter. In fine form, he is trying to take the romance to the next level. Actually, they both are intent on it.

Author Biography

The author of "The 'Hell's Angels' Letters: Hunter S. Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of an American Classic," as well as the "Keep This Quiet!" memoir series, Harrell previously published seven books in the "Love in Transition" series in Romania in English during her many years abroad in Belgium. A three-time MacDowell Colony fellow, she was the copy-editor/assistant editor of Hunter's first book, "Hell's Angels," while working at Random House. HST acknowledged her heartily in "Gonzo Letters" II. Besides a degree from Duke University and Columbia University, she studied three years at the Jung Institute Zurich. She is also an editor, cloud photographer, light body meditation teacher, and a mentor to people who want to maximize their potential. The author of the coffee table collectible "The 'Hell's Angels' Letters" (Norfolk Press), "Keep This Quiet!" I, as well as "Particle Pinata Poems," the artbook "Cloud Conversations," and a host of others, Harrell copy edited Hunter Thompson's first book, "Hell's Angels." HST acknowledged her in "Gonzo Letters" 2. She is also an editor, cloud photographer, and mentor to people wanting to maximze their potential.

Review

"ANY thinking, living person will be locked in from the beginning...A hot sweaty tango of words. The bottom line is this. Not many books fulfill my reading needs. By this I mean covering a range of emotion." - Martin Flynn, owner of hstbooks.org
"In her brutally compassionately explicitly honest second autobiography KEEP THIS QUIET TOO! More Adventures with Hunter S. Thompson, Milton Klonsky, Jan Mensaert, Harrell manages to repeatedly pull the rug out from under the reader. She travels from North Carolina to New York City to Morocco to Belgium to India to Switzerland to Owl Farm, and many other places, ...in search of her self. From depth psychology to dream analysis to hangoutologies to ecstatic love making to out of body astral travels to spirit guides, adventures and misadventures, she is guided and guides herself ever homeward to her own heart and soul. Margaret A. Harrell's new, second, autobiography, like volume one, is a masterpiece. I thank her for sharing, openly honestly, so many intimate details of her journey." - Outlaw Poet Ron Whitehead
"Spanning the years 1970 through 1986, and set in locales ranging from the United States to Morocco, Belgium, and the C.G. Jung Institute within Switzerland, Keep THIS Quiet Too! is a real-life saga of living and learning with eyes and ears open. At times adventurous, at times sensual, "Keep This Quiet Too!" hinges upon the complexities of human relationships, especially the challenges posed by the heart-wrenching feelings of love that may or may not be fully requited. Highly recommended." - Midwest Book Review
"With an eye for surprising detail, Harrell conjures a charged and vivid milieu, even as the story she tells is often painful. She recounts time and again striving to salvage her marriage and rescue her husband from his addictions and secure treatment for his mental illness, as she travels to Morocco, Switzerland, New York and her home state of North Carolina. Her continued friendship with Klonsky provides an ongoing wellspring of inspiration . . . . . . A journey with grand destinations throughout the globe and within the author's consciousness." - BookLife Review
"Margaret's life is, as always, more amazing than any book. If I didn't know Margaret, I wouldn't believe her incredible life story. But I know her and I can tell you: all of it is true." - Frank Despriet, author of Communication Psychology: From Reptile to Robot
"It starts with a wedding. Margaret Harrell pledges her life and love to poet Jan Mensaert, through all the ups and downs (and further downs) of his tempestuous life. As creative and business opportunities come and go, Margaret maintains her yearly meet-ups with mentor Milton Klonsky and keeps up on the maniacal maneuvering of friend Hunter S. Thompson. These three men will come to define much of the coming decades for Margaret, even as she grows, changes, and emerges anew as her own person....An honest and unflinching examination of the choices we make...Every decision was hers, and she accepts the consequences with grace. It's an intriguing glimpse at four lives in one." - San Francisco Book Review

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