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Pataki, Allison.
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Post, Marjorie Merriweather -- Fiction.
Heiresses -- Fiction.
Rich people -- Fiction.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.
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Pataki, Allison.
Post, Marjorie Merriweather -- Fiction.
Heiresses -- Fiction.
Rich people -- Fiction.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.
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The
magnificent
lives
of
Marjorie
Post
: a
novel
/ Allison Pataki.
by
Pataki, Allison.
Ballantine Books, 2022.
Call #:
FICTION PAT
Subjects
Post
,
Marjorie
Merriweather -- Fiction.
Heiresses -- Fiction.
Rich people -- Fiction.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780593355688 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
385 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"An epic reimagining of the remarkable life of
Marjorie
Merriweather
Post
, the American heiress and trailblazing leader of the twentieth century, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sisi. Mrs.
Post
, the President and First Lady are here to see you. Such is
Marjorie
Merriweather
Post
's average evening. Presidents have come and gone, but she has hosted them all. Covered in diamonds and deemed American royalty,
Marjorie
nevertheless remains the product of her hardscrabble Midwestern roots and an insatiable drive to live, love, and give. A woman who has crawled through Moscow warehouses to rescue the Tsar's treasures, who has outrun the Nazis in London, and who has sat down to dinner with everyone from the homeless during the Great Depression to Kremlin leaders, from European royalty to Hollywood stars,
Marjorie
lived a grand life that defies imagination.
Marjorie
's was a journey that began on the Great Plains, where she glued cereal boxes in her father's barn as a young girl. None could have predicted that C. W.
Post
's homegrown Postum Cereal Company would fundamentally reshape the American way of life and grow into the vast General Foods empire, with
Marjorie
as its glittering heiress and leading lady. Not content to stay in her prescribed roles of coddled wife, mother, and hostess,
Marjorie
dared to demand more, making history as a leader in her family's business and a trailblazer in philanthropy and high society.
Marjorie
lived like an empress, worked like a titan of industry, and shaped a century. And yet
Marjorie
's story, though full of beauty and lived in her palatial homes like Mar-a-Lago, was equally marked by heartbreak. A wife four times over in vastly different, dramatic marriages,
Marjorie
sought her happily-ever-after with the blue-blooded playboy who could not outrun his demons, the charismatic financier whose charm could not conceal his betrayal, the diplomat with a dark side, and the bon vivant whose shocking secrets would shake their circles.
Marjorie
did everything on a grand scale, especially when it came to love"--Publisher.
Genre:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Holds:
2
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