Frances KiernanThe Last Mrs. AstorA New York StoryWith a new afterword“Kiernan’s sharp-eyed biography brings back a woman who, far into her 90s, relished the dance of life.”—O Magazine“Kiernan resurrects the monument as she appeared when the author first met her, over lunch at the Carlyle in 1999: neither polished to a blinding luster nor especially tarnished, but imposing and original just the same.”—Liesl Schillinger, New York Times Book Review “This sympathetic telling of [Brooke Astor’s] story should counterbalance all that gossipy sensationalism.”—The Atlantic “Restor[es] Mrs. Astor to her throne.”—The Economist “In Kiernan’s capable hands, [The Last Mrs. Astor is] more interesting than most novels about great fortunes being amassed and lost.”—Thomas Mallon, Commonweal “Kiernan ... brings out the fascinating paradoxes of Brooke Astor’s courageous, fiercely inventive career as a wife and a widow.”—Renee Bergland, Boston Globe “A concise and engaging look at the tiny doyenne of society.” —Hillary Frey, New York Observer “A convincing case that [Brooke Astor was] a last of a kind.”—Sheryl Connelly, Daily News A former editor at The New Yorker, Frances Kiernan is the author of Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy. She lives in New York City. |
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May 2008 / trade paper / ISBN 978-0-393-33160-8 |
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