North of crazy
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Neltje
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781250088147
Subjects: Painters; Ranchers; Family; Women painters; Women ranchers; Biography
Description: "Imagine a world of Gatsby-esque glamour, 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"--Amazon.com.
Table of contents: title: Plantation living; title: Barberries at Oyster Bay; title: Winter at Bonny Hall; title: Sealed door; title: Living apart; title: Going home; title: It's over; title: The tipping scale; title: My God, what have I done?; title: From this day forward; title: Travel makes perfect; title: Oh my, motherhood; title: A wallaroo in revenge; title: Stretched to breaking; title: Seam split; title: Moving on; title: Ranch with a view; title: Why don't I learn to keep my mouth shut?; title: Discovering what I don't know; title: Falling in love, picking up the pieces; title: Anger to action; title: Cancer once more; title: Liquidity matters; title: Anger, art, and a family of friends.