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Books I love

I broke them into three categories:
non-fiction, fiction, memoir.

*NON FICTION*
Empty Mansions:
The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune

Gilded:
How Newport Became America’s Richest Resort

The Big House:
A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House
A Memoir of Gilded Era Restoration and Self-Discovery

A Season of Splendor:
The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York

Stuff:
Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things

Rose:
My Life in Service to Lady Astor

Parallel Lives:
Five Victorian Marriages

*FICTION*

The Crimson Petal and the White:
Dickensian scope and setting, underbelly of Victorian England.
I LOVE THIS BOOK *SO MUCH*

Some Luck:
The life and times of a remarkable family over three transformative decades in America. 

No Angel:
Family saga through Edwardian Era London, First World War, book publishing, lots of romance, drama, very fun, great costumes. Trilogy.

Gone With the Wind:
My first true love. Summer, age 12.

Scruples:
The 1978 debut novel from Judith Krantz. High camp, ever-escalating ridiculousness, FASHION. My love for this book approaches Gone With the Wind level. I think I was thirteen the first time I read it.


Fiction