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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Mommy Dressing a Love Story :copelandby Lois Gould
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The unanimously acclaimed portrait of a bittersweet girlhood, capturing the glamour and cruelty of New York's fashion world in the middle of the century. Exquisitely written and painfully observant, Mommy Dressing tells the story of self-made fashion star Jo Copeland, and the daughter who struggled to please her. Lois Gould paints a mesmerizing picture of the kingdom of movie stars, fashion shows, and steamer trunks her mother ruled, from the viewpoint of an isolated girl acutely conscious that she would never enter that glittering domain. Featuring full-page period illustrations, including original sketches and designs by Jo Copeland, Mommy Dressing is "a sidelong tribute from one survivor to another, written in a brisk, fluid style... [Gould's] memories--half stardust, half ashes--underscore the fact that glamour is not a child-friendly business" (Daphne Merkin, The New Yorker). Review:"A wrenchingly, beautifully written memoir." --The Washington Psot Book World Review:"Extraordinary...Dispassionate compassion is a vert moving quality, and it marks Mommy Dressing from beginning to end...The memoir's future depends on this new kind of 'I,' one as fluid and potent as 'Once upon a time.'" --Margo Jefferson, The New York Times Book Review Review:"Rendered in breathless, thrilling detail." --The Boston Globe Review:"In the era of smarmy memoirs that offer more by the way of indictment than insight, Lois Gould's Mommy Dressing stands apart." --The Wall Street Journal Review:"Gould generously sprinkles the acoount of her childhood with fascinating peeks at the world of high fashion and high society...If Auntie Mame was one of your all-time favorite movies, you'll love it." --The Houston Chronicle Review:"Gould captures the glamour and anguish of having a mother who knew everything about clothes and nothing about being a parent--and transforms the experience of a loveless childhood into a sharp, severe, but not unkind memoir." --Salon About the AuthorLois Gould is the author of the novels Such Good Friends, A Sea-Change, Subject to Change, amd No Brakes. She lives in New York City. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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