Nona Mahoney, 86; 'heroic survivor' endured many of life's trials Part way through the summer that Nona Rohan Mahoney's daughter spent cooking and cleaning for Lillian Hellman, the aging writer inquired about the family of her young domestic. Learning that Rosemary's father had died, leaving Nona a widow with seven young children, Hellman wondered, "How on earth did she manage?''
July 12, 2013 - Boston Globe