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Stephen hawkings wife jane wilde on their marriage breakdown. Stephen hawking has 141 books on goodreads with 1257549 ratings. In this compelling memoir, jane hawking, stephen hawkings first wife, relates the inside story of. The former wife of stephen hawking has described how she and their three children were left behind after the cosmologist was surrounded by. The stephen hawking book list penguin random house. My brief history recounts stephen hawkings improbable journey, from his postwar london boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Order of stephen king books stephen king is an american author of horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy novels. Professor stephen hawking is one of the most famous and remarkable scientists of our age and author of the scientific bestseller a brief history of time, which sold over 25 million copies across the world and will be adapted as a childrens book in the autumn of next year. There were four of us in our marriage life and style. Though his children issued a statement, his ex wife, jane wilde, did not immediately.