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Loading... North of Crazy: A Memoirby Neltje
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A fascinating memoir written by a woman who was the daughter of the founder of the Doubleday Publishing Company. It is her story of overcoming parents who did not seem to want to have kids and were always distant. Also there was great favoritism toward the families' only son at the expense of their daughters. The author is able to fashion for herself a life as an artist and writer by escaping two ill chosen marriage partners and the New York glitz by relocating to Wyoming. I found the book well written and compelling. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Imagine a world of Gatsby-esque glamor, opulence, and cultural prestige, of exclusive parties and elegant dinners, of literary luminaries including Somerset Maugham, Daphne du Maurier, Irving Stone, and Theodore Roethke, of Manhattan townhouses and country estates. This is a world where children are raised by nannies, tutors, chauffeurs, gardeners, butlers, maids, and assorted staff, sent off to private schools--and largely ignored by their parents. Publishing magnate Nelson Doubleday's daughter, Neltje, was raised to assume her place as a society matron. But beneath a seemingly idyllic childhood, darker currents ran: a colorful but alcoholic father whose absences left holes, a mother incapable of love, a family divided by money and power struggles, and a secret that drove the young woman into emotional isolation. North of Crazy is her story--written with the same fierce passion, wit, and emotion that drove her off the conventional path to reconstruct her life from base zero. She became an artist, cattle rancher, and entrepreneur. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)759.13The arts Painting History, geographic treatment, biography United States and Canada United StatesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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