Oooo do I have a contender cued up to kickoff this summer's beach reads...Although, I'm not sure Wendy Burden's memoir Dead End Gene Pool will make it 24 hours past it's scheduled delivery next week before being devoured...
With promised tales of her "alcoholic and hilariously self-absorbed mother" who "roamed the world in search of the perfect tan", ahhh...oh wait, momentarily forgot she's the villain...
Wendy outside her beautiful home with her dog Spit and a pair of lions from her great-grandmother's childhood estate. I have become a smidgeon obsessed with her decor...
Wonder if that's the same Farrow and Ball Pink Ground that Celerie Kemble had Plum Sykes paint her West Village living room walls?
And, now not only scheming how to one day convince Babe of pink walls but, also how I can tastefully move my Nana's mink stole from the hanger in the closet to a mannequin on a landing...
Stumped though, about how to duplicate the four generations of riding boots in the front hall...
Unless...Kindness of MY mother for never telling ME "suck in your stomach or you won't have any friends" or caring that much about her tan...XXOO
That sounds like a fantastic summer read, will definately put it on my list!
ReplyDeleteI read the same article you did. I have this one on my list also. I think it will be a page turner - an all nighter maybe!! Love your interpretation of generations of "riding boots". You're priceless! xoxo
ReplyDeleteOoooh I don't know how this one slipped past my Wasp Literary Radar but it did. Looks great. Thanks for the heads up!
ReplyDeleteOh, do tell us after you take the first dip into that read.
ReplyDelete...and on those swell pink shod walls, how about a framed hermes beach towel, "Art" is always a justified purchase. After all (Summer is a verb) must ponder the decor of the pool house in one's own (white) jeans.
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DEGP is on my summer reading list...along with about eight others. This was a great article in the NYT. I loved her comment on how she's all over her children after living with {out} her own Mother. I'm paraphasing here, but you get the point.
ReplyDeletesooooooooo need to read this stat! a WASPy Eloise!
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Ha! The villain, yes....
ReplyDeleteohhh! thanks for sharing. You always give the best book recs. I just finished Lone Survivor, I think it may be one of the best non- fiction books I have ever read.
ReplyDeleteThanks Allie!
Just added this to my reading list! Thanks for sharing! It looks great! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI have been tracking all of my books on goodreads.com, and this one is going on the "to read list." Sounds Fabulous! And the decor of Wendy Burden's home is so well preserved, I cannot believe the craftsmanship on the fireplace or the wood shingles. Gorgeous!
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ReplyDelete"Four generations of worn flip flops strewn carelessly on the deck." My, my, my, don't it sound gentile! Seriously, the book sounds like a great read and the author's home brings out the voyeur in me. Thanks for sharing, Denise
P.S. I wonder if she's related to Amanda Burden (daughter of Babe Paley & companion of Charlie Rose of PBS)....
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. Have added this to my summer reading list. The flip-flop idea made LOL!
ReplyDeleteOh, yay! I love your book notices. I am now addicted to the foxhunting books by Rita Mae Brown, I believe I have you to blame. My husband has read two of the books you picked up for Babe, now I have a new one to put on my Amazon list. Keep 'em coming, please and thank you.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a saucy one, I must get my hands on it!
ReplyDeleteThe flip-flops-you are too funny!!
I definately need to add this to my audible.com list! Thanks for the update!
ReplyDeleteJust picked this book up at Barnes & Noble. For the record, my mother still tells me to suck in my stomach, or else....she also was the author of this classic around 1979: "Tan flab looks better than white flab." No wonder I have been bronzing-obsessed all these years...
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I almost stopped reading your post 1/2 way through to order this book. Now I'm going to go back, stare at the decor---then order away!! Thanks for this fab post! xox MBM
ReplyDeleteThanks for the book tip! Just put it in my library queue. I just finished Happens Every Day- it was fantastic!
ReplyDeletei finished this already;gift from a dear friend. Brings a new meaning to the words "dysfunctional family"!! Yes, this is the same Burden family.
ReplyDeleteI think you can replicate Horse Boots with Rainbows. I think it is only appropriate when your home is at the beach, right? Totes appropriate.
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