It Seemed Important at the Time by Gloria Vanderbilt

It Seemed Important at the Time by Gloria Vanderbilt

An elegant, witty, frank, touching, and deeply personal account of the loves both great and fleeting in the life of one of America's most celebrated and fabled women.

Born to great wealth yet kept a virtual prisoner by the custody battle that raged between her proper aunt and her self-absorbed, beautiful mother, Gloria Vanderbilt grew up in a special world. Stunningly beautiful herself, yet insecure and with a touch of wildness, she set out at a very early age to find romance. And find it she did. There were love affairs with Howard Hughes, Bill Paley, and Frank Sinatra, to name a few, and one-night stands, which she writes about with delicacy and humor, including one with the young Marlon Brando. There were marriages to men as diverse as Pat De Cicco, who abused her; the legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski, who kept his innermost secrets from her; film director Sidney Lumet; and finally writer Wyatt Cooper, the love of her life.

Now, in an irresistible memoir that is at once ruthlessly forthright, supremely stylish, full of fascinating details, and deeply touching, Gloria Vanderbilt writes at last about the subject on which she has hitherto been silent: the men in her life, why she loved them, and what each affair or marriage meant to her. This is the candid and captivating account of a life that has kept gossip writers speculating for years, as well as Gloria's own intimate description of growing up, living, marrying, and loving in the glare of the limelight and becoming, despite a family as famous and wealthy as America has ever produced, not only her own person but an artist, a designer, a businesswoman, and a writer of rare distinction.

Gloria Vanderbilt is an actress, an artist, a fashion designer, and the sponsor of the Vanderbilt/Exile Short Fiction Competition. She is the author of memoirs and novels that include A Mother's Story, It Seemed Important at the Time, Obsession, and The Things We Fear Most and has contributed to Elle, the New York Times, and Vanity Fair. She lives in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9781439189825
ISBN 10	143918982X
Title	It Seemed Important at the Time
Author	Gloria Vanderbilt
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2009-11-01
Number of pages	178
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