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My Life at Grey Gardens: Thirteen Months and Beyond

by L Wright

ISBN13: 9780977746200
ISBN10: 0977746208
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Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie, known as Big Edie and Little Edie, were the aunt and cousin of former U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. They led an unconventional existence in Grey Gardens, a mansion in East Hampton. Their home was surrounded by overgrown gardens, and filled with fleas, cats, raccoons, and old cans and rubbish. In 1976, the release of a documentary film also called 'Grey Gardens' highlighted their unique lives among the East Hampton elite, and introduced the Beales to their cult fan following. In 1975, Lois Wright, a fellow artist and dear friend of the Beales, was invited to live with them in Grey Gardens. Wright kept a journal of her thirteen months with the Beales, and using those logs, has developed this book. 'My Life at Grey Gardens' offers the reader an intimate look at the daily lives of the Beales, and chronicles the events from Lois's arrival at the house through the passing of Big Edith Bouvier Beale in 1977.

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: GrantDillon, May 10, 2009 (view all comments by GrantDillon)
Taking the journey back to Grey Gardens with Ms. Wright was like looking through ones old photo albums. Ms. Wright paints (no pun intended) such vivid recollections of her time spent with the Beales that one feels like they were there too. A huge thanks to Lois for allowing us in on her private times with these two fascinating characters. The Beales would approve and be proud to be remembered for the trail blazing artists that they were. Brava Lois Wright, Brava!
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: kent1222, October 1, 2006 (view all comments by kent1222)
Lois Wright was a lifelong friend of both ?Big Edie? Bouvier Beale and ?Little Edie?, and she went along for the ride when the Beales were immortalized in the 1976 cin?ma v?rit? documentary Grey Gardens. Most fans of the film, if they know her at all, think of Lois as the silent party guest who gives Big Edie a little index card box. Although Lois?s role in the documentary was minimized because it complicated the Maysles? vision of the documentary, she played an important role in the Beales? lives.

Lois?s integral role in the Edies? lives is apparent from reading this fascinating book, including the little-known fact that she actually lived in the house. Using her journals, Lois has crafted an insider?s look at life at Grey Gardens: a day-to-day struggle against hunger, exploitation, and decay that chronicles life in the house from 1975 to 1977. It was a critical time that included re-shoots on the film, which ?premiered? on a stair landing in September 1975, and Big Edie?s final illness and death in February 1977.

Her vivid recollection of Little Edie?s speech is worth the price of the book all by itself, as the reader can hear Edie speak every word. Lois?s unblinking portrayal of the Beales? struggles to keep their world together adds a new layer of pathos to an already compelling story. Lois strongly communicates that the world of Grey Gardens is a world without judgment and filled with an underlying love that ultimately made the documentary so compelling for many.

If you are a fan of the documentary, then this book is a required reading.

D. Kent Bartram
Co-author of Staunch Character, an upcoming biography of ?Little Edie? Beale
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ISBN:: 9780977746200
Author:: Wright, L
Publisher:: Lois Wright
Foreword:: Afram, A, J
Foreword:: Mroczek, A
Author:: L. wright
Subject:: Biography & Autobiography-Personal Memoirs
Subject:: Biography & Autobiography-Rich & Famous
Subject:: Biography & Autobiography-Women
Subject:: Biography & Autobiography : Rich & Famous
Subject:: Biography & Autobiography : Women
Subject:: Biography & Autobiography : Personal Memoirs
Publication Date:: March 2006
Binding:: eBooks
Language:: English

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