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Genre/Form: | Local author Autobiographies Oregon authors |
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Named Person: | Wendy Burden; Burden family.; Burden family.; Wendy Burden |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Wendy Burden |
ISBN: | 9781592405268 1592405266 9781592406067 tpb 1592406068 tpb |
OCLC Number: | 426800531 |
Description: | viii, 279 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 31 Moons -- Popeye -- Gaga in the jungle -- Terrapin soup -- My family and other domestics -- Ugly house -- DC -- Why they invented Florida -- A dose of religion -- Oi, Yank! -- George -- Maine revisited -- We'll always have Paris -- Go fish -- Checkout time -- Deposition. |
Responsibility: | Wendy Burden. |
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Memoirs of the Eccentrically Wealthy
I thoroughly enjoyed this quirky tale of the eccentrically wealthy. One often imagines what it must be like growing up in the upper echelons of American society, and Wendy Burden shows that...
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I thoroughly enjoyed this quirky tale of the eccentrically wealthy. One often imagines what it must be like growing up in the upper echelons of American society, and Wendy Burden shows that it can sometimes come with some pretty high costs. However, her tone throughout is engaging and lighthearted, allowing the reader to laugh at the appalling and recognize that she came through it in the end with a strong sense of self. This memoir reminded me a bit of Sean Wilsey's "Oh The Glory of it All:" In the process of reading it, you find yourself amazed that these people were real. It falls into the same category of memoirs that unveil the skeletons hidden in the grandest and most well-appointed closets of our culture.
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