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Footprints: An Autobiography
by
Brooke Astor
Hardcover
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375 pages
Published
June 1st 1980
by Doubleday Books
(first published 1980)
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This was written in 1980 and its author, who remains alive as I write this, was almost 80 years old then. She looks back with perspective on a wide ranging and interesting life.
I was surprised at some of the things, not only that they happened, but that she includes them. She gives perspective on her early life and describes the impact of her desire to please, a trait which she said affected her for 40 years.
She downplays her financial life and social status with Buddie, but how many children wh ...more
I was surprised at some of the things, not only that they happened, but that she includes them. She gives perspective on her early life and describes the impact of her desire to please, a trait which she said affected her for 40 years.
She downplays her financial life and social status with Buddie, but how many children wh ...more
I don't know many people who would read this, so it's a difficult one to recommend to people. I enjoyed it and thought it was fascinating just from the time period to the circles of people discussed. Her life was interesting without making me hate her for being obscenely rich.
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