This is a sometimes heartbreaking story of greed and betrayal, but also one of loyalty, love and ultimate redemption." -Geraldine Brooks, author of People of the Book and the Pulitzer prize-winning March "Meryl Gordon's riveting account of the legendary life and sad final days of Brooke Astor is an American epic. There are characters here that no novelist would ever dare to invent, and the plot has more twists than a pretzel. in the end, she tells a a sad and moving story., "With a journalist's eye and a New Yorker's raised eyebrow, Meryl Gordon weaves a web of fine detail into an enthralling, enraging story of Mrs. Gordon sifts through painstakingly through the extended Astor family history. I loved it!" -Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes/CBS News, Gordon delivers a balanced, dogged-and ultimately sad-detective account. Gordon unwinds the whole saga in a nifty book that reads like a cross between an Edith Wharton classic and a Linda Fairstein crime novel. In a spellbinding account of "the crime" and the betrayal, Ms. Meryl Gordon, a meticulous reporter, persuaded all the players to give her interviews: everyone from Henry Kissinger and David Rockefeller, to Mrs. So everyone was shocked at charges that her only son and his wife had stolen her blind.
"All of New York loved Brooke Astor- for her philanthropy, glamour, and Old School style. Here is an American epic of the bonds of money, morality, and social position. This powerful, poignant saga takes the reader inside the gilded gates of an American dynasty to tell of three generations' worth of longing and missed opportunities.Even in this territory of privilege, no riches can put things right once they've been torn asunder. The result is the behind-the-headlines story of the Astor empire's unraveling, filled with never-before-reported scenes. New York journalist Meryl Gordon has interviewed not only the elite of Brooke Astor's social circle, but also the large staff who cosseted and cared for Mrs. Rarely has there been a story with such an appealing heroine, conjuring up a world so nearly forgotten: a realm of lavish wealth and secrets of the sort that have engaged Americans from the era of Edith Wharton to the more recent days of Truman Capote and Vanity Fair. Astor's only child, was indicted on charges of looting her estate. And shortly after her death in 2007, Anthony Marshall, Mrs. A riveting look behind the gates of the house of Astor as a famous family falls apart in public The fate of Brooke Astor, the endearing philanthropist with the storied name, has generated worldwide headlines since her grandson Philip sued his father in 2006, alleging mistreatment of Brooke.
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