The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father by Janny Scott

Description: Product Details The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father by Janny Scott EAN: 9781594634192 ISBN: 159463419X Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group 2019, Hardcover Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 9.2 x 6.3 inches Pages: 288 Language: English BOOK OVERVIEW PRAISE FOR THE BENEFICIARY "Compulsively readable... a rare combination of wit, empathy, candor, and shrewd sleuthing, [The Beneficiary) is a multigenerational story that encompasses the Gilded Age, great wealth and two World Wars, suicide and secret affairs, hidden diaries and the lifelong impact of alcohol. The world of wealth and privilege Scott re-creates so vividly may be hard for the rest of us to imagine, but everyone will recognize the flawed but fascinating human beings at its heart. Not to be missed." -GEOFFREY C. WARD, author of A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, 1905-1928 "Janny Scott writes with powerful love and no-nonsense honesty in equal parts. Her Philadelphia Main Line forebears come off as admirable, hilarious, sometimes awful, and sometimes heart-wrenching in their fates-immensely fun to read about and hard to categorize. This elegant memoir offers a vertiginous look at where our age of inequality might lead." -IAN FRAZIER, author of Family "Janny Scott set out to write a book about her father and his and her glamorous, eccentric, fabulously rich and spoiled forebears. She did so magnificently, but her book is more than a family saga. It is a detailed social history of a vanished era in our past, of a place and time quite unlike our own." -DAVID NASAW. author of Andrew Carnegie "A remarkable book... Scott, who has an eye for the telling detail, writes with wit and flair." -FRANCES FITZGERALD, author of The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America ABOUT THE AUTHOR Janny Scott is the author of A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother. She was a reporter for The New York Times from 1994 to 2009 and was a member of the Times reporting team that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. Visit JannyScott.com to learn more. Product Condition Please read the store's product description, review images of the item for sale for accurate details, and ask questions when in doubt before purchasing the item. Like New: A read copy in perfect condition, the dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. The spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind. What makes a book or item collectible? Factors include first printing, first editions, author signatures, famous ownership, unique aesthetic elements, and the book's age and condition. Remember that rarity and collectibility are subjective. What one collector deems rare may not hold the same value for another! Return Policy All sales of collectible items are final. Due to their unique nature, we do not accept returns or exchanges. Please review product details and ask questions before making a purchase. For non-collectible and free returns paid by the seller items, returns are accepted within 30 days of purchase. A 15% restocking fee applies, and the item must be returned in original condition with all packaging and accessories. Refunds are issued within five to seven business days of receiving the returned item. Feedback Policy Dimittas Home Book Collection eBay feedback is automatically generated after leaving positive feedback. Thank you so much.

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