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Tales of Palm Beach and Florida (Classic Reprint)

Author : Elisabeth R. Thomas
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243313877
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Tales of Palm Beach and Florida (Classic Reprint) written by Elisabeth R. Thomas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tales of Palm Beach and Florida Mrs. Allen's passage was like a royal progress - new groups formed themselves about her at every stop. Mrs. Spindel watched her. Her mind still reeled a little from the ordeal through which she had passed so successfully, but she was a creature of rapid adjustments. An aero plane whizzed overhead. Her ambition soared. The beginning was auspicious. She would achieve intimacy with Mrs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An Illustrated History of Palm Beach

Author : The Historical Society of Palm Beach County
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1683340663
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated History of Palm Beach written by The Historical Society of Palm Beach County and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Illustrated History of Palm Beach is a nostalgic journey through the history of the town of Palm Beach as told through the photographic collection of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. From an early pioneer community, Palm Beach evolved over the past 150 years into today's sophisticated resort, starting with the grand hotels of Henry Flagler, the Royal Poinciana and The Breakers, and elegant mansions of the Gilded Age. An Illustrated History of Palm Beach is a primary source look into the development of one of America's most prosperous and enchanting communities.

West Palm Beach: 1893 to 1950

Author : Lynn Lasseter Drake
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531625948
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book West Palm Beach: 1893 to 1950 written by Lynn Lasseter Drake and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Palm Beach was established in 1894, two decades after pioneers first arrived in the wilderness at Lake Worth. In 1893, Henry M. Flagler, Standard Oil magnate and Florida railroad mogul, finalized plans to extend his Florida East Coast Railroad south in order to turn Palm Beach into a winter playground for the rich. He designed West Palm Beach as the mainland commercial and residential support for his new resort. From its humble beginnings, it has become Palm Beach County's largest city and the seat of government. The city has suffered fires, hurricanes, boom times, and hard times, always emerging triumphantly. This installment of West Palm Beach's fascinating story shares its unique settlement and growth through the end of World War II.

A Land Remembered

Author : Patrick D Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561645826
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book A Land Remembered written by Patrick D Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Madness Under the Royal Palms

Author : Laurence Leamer
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401395554
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Madness Under the Royal Palms written by Laurence Leamer and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2009-01-20 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling history of the glamour and debauchery of the ultra-wealthy Palm Beach community--from The Breakers to Trump's Mar-a-Lago. For more than a hundred years, Palm Beach has been an exclusive and exotic universe of wealth and privilege in America. And until Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme devastated its eternally sunny world, the reality of this affluent enclave has rarely been exposed to outsiders. Now, in Madness Under the Royal Palms, resident insider Laurence Leamer reveals the secrets and scandals of this South Florida island via a cast of characters that includes social climbers, trophy wives, sugar daddies, glamorous widows and their "escorts," sociopathic multimillionaires, and elegant society queens. Dive into the unbelievable true story of love, lust, money, and murder in a uniquely American paradise.

Palm Beach Houses

Author : Shirley Johnston
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847846849
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Palm Beach Houses written by Shirley Johnston and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic volume, now back in print in a new format and at a reduced price, offers a strikingly illustrated, extensively researched history of Palm In 1894, Palm Beach leaped to world prominence as a winter playground with the completion of Henry Morrison Flagler’s Royal Poinciana Hotel. In the 1920s, Palm Beach’s extravagant lifestyle reached its height, and grand Mediterranean-style mansions abounded. Palm Beach Houses details the building and design of more than thirty great houses and public buildings on the “American Riviera.” Public and private structures designed by some of the style-setting early architects are depicted, including works of Addison Mizner, Joseph Urban, and Maurice Fatio, as well as those of anonymous designers, whose feats of imagination rivaled the most celebrated professionals. The photography has been taken to respectfully document these superb homes, many of which have never before been published.

Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America's Xanadu

Author : Les Standiford
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 0802146457
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America's Xanadu written by Les Standiford and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first Gilded Age to the second, a “charming, zippy history . . . a rollicking, informative lesson in real estate, American history, and current events.” —Town & Country Looking at the island of Palm Beach today, with its unmatched mansions, tony shops, and pristine beaches, one is hard pressed to visualize the dense tangle of Palmetto brush and mangroves that it was when visionary entrepreneur and railroad tycoon Henry Flagler first arrived there in April 1893. Trusting his remarkable instincts, he built the Royal Poinciana Hotel within a year, and two years later, what was to become the legendary Breakers—instantly establishing the island as the preferred destination for those who could afford it. Over the next 125 years, Palm Beach has become synonymous with exclusivity—especially its most famous residence, Mar-a-Lago. As Les Standiford relates, the high walls of Mar-a-Lago and other manses like it were seemingly designed to contain scandal within as much as keep intruders out. This book tells the history of this fabled landscape intertwined with the colorful lives of its famous and infamous protagonists, from Flagler’s two wives to architect Addison Mizner, who created Palm Beach’s “Mediterranean look” to heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and her husband E. F. Hutton, the original residents of Mar-a-Lago. With authoritative detail, Standiford recounts how Marjorie ruled Palm Beach society until her death in 1973, and how the fate of her mansion threatened to tear apart the very fabric of the town until Donald Trump acquired it in 1985. “Edifying, energetic, and captivating.” —Florida Weekly

Bruno

Author : Byrd Spilman Dewey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Bruno written by Byrd Spilman Dewey and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

CLASSIC LEGEND STORIES

Author : IVAN AL KANIF ADITYA, S.Pd
Publisher : CV MEDIA EDUKASI CREATIVE
ISBN 13 : 6239813532
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book CLASSIC LEGEND STORIES written by IVAN AL KANIF ADITYA, S.Pd and published by CV MEDIA EDUKASI CREATIVE. This book was released on 2022-04-10 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cerita kehidupan manusia selalu menarik untuk diikuti. Terkadang cerita tersebut adalah sebuah bentuk imajinasi manusia itu sendiri tapi tak jarang pula ada yang benar-benar sebuah kisah nyata. Manjadi sebuah pemahaman umum bahwa cerita rakyat atau legenda sering berkaitan dengan unsur mistik. Terlebih lagi pada masyarakat yang memiliki kepercayaan tentang tradisi dan budaya yang masih sangat kental, sebut saja Indonesia dan beberapa negara di kawasan Asia masih sangat percaya akan dunia mistik dan tahayul. Tetapi ternyata dunia mistik dan tahayul bukan saja milik bangsa Asia. Bangsa Barat yang sangat terkenal dengan realistisnya tetap saja ada sebagaian yang nenepercaya cerita mistik dan tahayul. Bahkan di beberapa negara maju/modern menyebut cerita mistik dan tahayul sebagai bagian dari sejarah kehidupan mereka.

Bubble in the Sun

Author : Christopher Knowlton
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982128380
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Bubble in the Sun written by Christopher Knowlton and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s and shows how it led directly to the Great Depression. The 1920s in Florida was a time of incredible excess, immense wealth, and precipitous collapse. The decade there produced the largest human migration in American history, far exceeding the settlement of the West, as millions flocked to the grand hotels and the new cities that rose rapidly from the teeming wetlands. The boom spawned a new subdivision civilization—and the most egregious large-scale assault on the environment in the name of “progress.” Nowhere was the glitz and froth of the Roaring Twenties more excessive than in Florida. Here was Vegas before there was a Vegas: gambling was condoned and so was drinking, since prohibition was not enforced. Tycoons, crooks, and celebrities arrived en masse to promote or exploit this new and dazzling American frontier in the sunshine. Yet, the import and deep impact of these historical events have never been explored thoroughly until now. In Bubble in the Sun Christopher Knowlton examines the grand artistic and entrepreneurial visions behind Coral Gables, Boca Raton, Miami Beach, and other storied sites, as well as the darker side of the frenzy. For while giant fortunes were being made and lost and the nightlife raged more raucously than anywhere else, the pure beauty of the Everglades suffered wanton ruination and the workers, mostly black, who built and maintained the boom, endured grievous abuses. Knowlton breathes dynamic life into the forces that made and wrecked Florida during the decade: the real estate moguls Carl Fisher, George Merrick, and Addison Mizner, and the once-in-a-century hurricane whose aftermath triggered the stock market crash. This essential account is a revelatory—and riveting—history of an era that still affects our country today.

Palm Beach in Vintage Postcards

Author : Cynthia Thuma
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738506807
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Palm Beach in Vintage Postcards written by Cynthia Thuma and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once little more than a steamy, tropical jungle, Palm Beach was transformed in the early twentieth century by industrialist Henry Flagler and a handful of architects into a playground for the famous, wealthy, and powerful. There, in the garden of earthly delights, celebrities and capitalists enjoyed a variety of leisure and recreational activities--from parties and tennis to sunbathing and dining--and stayed in the most opulent accommodations ever conceived and constructed. Many who loved this lifestyle became part-time residents and built palatial homes for the winter months. To this day, Palm Beach remains one of America's toniest and most exclusive resorts.

Art Deco of the Palm Beaches

Author : Sharon Koskoff
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738544151
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Art Deco of the Palm Beaches written by Sharon Koskoff and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art Deco design is a jazzy celebration of the Machine Age, mass production, geometry, and the straight line. In Palm Beach County, sleek themes are seen representing tropical, nautical, masculine, and stylized motifs that reflect speed and technology. Elements include eyebrows, flat roofs, porthole windows, rounded corners, columns, glass blocks, bandings, multiples of three, and Zig-Zag steps. Palm Beach County has dozens of Art Deco treasures built throughout the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, which are located in the downtowns of Delray Beach up through West Palm Beach. Art Deco architecture found in Palm Beach County is spread out rather than concentrated in one location. These buildings are significant to the history of South Florida because they represent some of the earliest structures ever built in the area. These remarkable gems are in danger of being demolished due to the ever-increasing amount of development throughout the county.

The Palm Beach Murders

Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 153875004X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book The Palm Beach Murders written by James Patterson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Patterson sets this bestselling thriller in Florida’s wealthiest zip code. Palm Beach doesn’t just have billionaires, yachts, and private planes—it also has the best murder plots money can buy. The Palm Beach Murders (previously published as Let's Play Make-Believe): Both survivors of the divorce wars, Christy and Martin don't believe in love at first sight and certainly not on a first date. But from the instant they lock eyes, life becomes a sexy, romantic dream come true. That is, until they start playing a strangely intense game of make-believe—a game that's about to go too far. (with James O. Born) Nooners: Everyone who knows Tim says he's a good guy. But the popular advertising exec has a problem: a lot of the people who know him are getting murdered. And by the time he figures out why, Tim won't feel so good anymore. (with Tim Arnold) Stingrays: When a teenager goes missing on a Caribbean beach, the local police are baffled. It's up to the Stingrays, a world class team that solves the unsolvable, to unearth the truth: a truth that no one will believe. (with Duane Swierczynski)

The Story of Arthur Truluv

Author : Elizabeth Berg
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 1524798711
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Arthur Truluv written by Elizabeth Berg and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I dare you to read this novel and not fall in love with Arthur Truluv. His story will make you laugh and cry, and will show you a love that never ends, and what it means to be truly human.”—Fannie Flagg An emotionally powerful novel about three people who each lose the one they love most, only to find second chances where they least expect them “Fans of Meg Wolitzer, Emma Straub, or [Elizabeth] Berg’s previous novels will appreciate the richly complex characters and clear prose. Redemptive without being maudlin, this story of two misfits lucky to have found one another will tug at readers’ heartstrings.”—Booklist For the past six months, Arthur Moses’s days have looked the same: He tends to his rose garden and to Gordon, his cat, then rides the bus to the cemetery to visit his beloved late wife for lunch. The last thing Arthur would imagine is for one unlikely encounter to utterly transform his life. Eighteen-year-old Maddy Harris is an introspective girl who visits the cemetery to escape the other kids at school. One afternoon she joins Arthur—a gesture that begins a surprising friendship between two lonely souls. Moved by Arthur’s kindness and devotion, Maddy gives him the nickname “Truluv.” As Arthur’s neighbor Lucille moves into their orbit, the unlikely trio band together and, through heartache and hardships, help one another rediscover their own potential to start anew. Wonderfully written and full of profound observations about life, The Story of Arthur Truluv is a beautiful and moving novel of compassion in the face of loss, of the small acts that turn friends into family, and of the possibilities to achieve happiness at any age. Look for a sneak peek of Elizabeth Berg’s delightful new novel, Night of Miracles, in the back of the book. “For several days after [finishing The Story of Arthur Truluv], I felt lifted by it, and I found myself telling friends, also feeling overwhelmed by 2017, about the book. Read this, I said, it will offer some balance to all that has happened, and it is a welcome reminder we’re all neighbors here.”—Chicago Tribune “Not since Paul Zindel’s classic The Pigman have we seen such a unique bond between people who might not look twice at each other in real life. This small, mighty novel offers proof that they should.”—People, Book of the Week

Cover Up: A Tale of Art, Intrigue, Murder, and High Society

Author : Dagmar Lowe
Publisher : Green Dragon Books
ISBN 13 : 0893347787
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Cover Up: A Tale of Art, Intrigue, Murder, and High Society written by Dagmar Lowe and published by Green Dragon Books. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There was nothing particularly clever about solving the case,” Molly Miller says about her sleuthing of a murder two years ago on a Palm Beach golf course that bewildered even the FBI and won her local renown as a Floridian Miss Marple. “I knew the murderer and the victim better than the police, and I had ample opportunity to watch what went on. In fact, that is the whole secret of detective work - look and listen.” Intrepidly Molly looks and listens while patiently amassing clues and, teaming up once again with FBI Special Agent Emilio Gonzalez, follows the murderer's trail to a shady art auction house and the victim's Miami apartment. But it's at the splashy opening of a new Manhattan gallery where Molly single-handedly uncovers the heist's astonishing motive and identifies the thief, a shocking revelation that had gone unsuspected by everyone else, even though the ill-fated schemer had been in plain sight all along. What readers are saying about this book: In this frothy tale of theft and murder, Lowe sticks to the basics of the classic mystery with great success; Molly and [her nephew] Scott make an elegant, intelligent amateur detective team. -Library Journal Like a charming female Columbo, Molly Miller gets the job done and ingeniously solves the case while making friends in the process. I know because she certainly made one out of me in Cover Up. Indeed, I would welcome her as a house guest anytime. Not only is Molly delightful company, but undoubtedly a crime waits around the corner and soon she would be off on another crime-detecting adventure for me to raptly follow. - River Jordan, Author Don't tell anybody but life in Palm Beach is rarely as fun and exciting as Dagmar Lowe makes it in her new novel. But I'll excuse her for having written such an entertaining book. -Larry Leamer, Author Author Dagmar Lowe has done it again! Her second book in the Molly Miller series perfectly captures the gloriously colorful side of Palm Beach, providing a chic backdrop for this story of intrigue and suspense. -Lilly Pulitzer, Fashion Designer and Author Dagmar Lowe's recipe for a satisfying mystery is to begin with a fascinating Palm Beach setting, fold in a confounding art theft, an elusive murder, and cast of intriguing characters, then add a generous pinch of high society glamour and have the zesty mix brought to a boil by Molly Miller. And I can't help but notice that the matronly Molly's hair is always well coifed. Believe me, that’s not easy when you're sleuthing two crimes at the same time. -Kathy L. Patrick, Owner, Beauty and the Book, Jefferson, Texas

Books in Print

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1160 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Weezie a Palm Beach Story

Author : Louise Ford
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781456540746
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Weezie a Palm Beach Story written by Louise Ford and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weezie A Palm Beach Story - is a book that will make you laugh and make you cry but you will never want to put it down. The darker aspects of life that are inflicted upon Weezie, her father and her son by her evil step mother are truly heart wrenching and frustrating. The suffering inflicted upon Weezie's father by the woman who should have been one person he could trust was horrific. If, at the time of his death Weezie had known about the crime of Elder Abuse this would have been handled differently. But badly advised by her attorney's no action was taken. Fraud, lies and an undisputed charge of bigamy are the sins of the step mother. But this book will not get you down. There are wonderful upbeat and laugh out loud funny stories as it covers most of Weezie's unusual life. Current reviews on Amazon.com ***** A Sharp Story of an Even Sharper Lady Louise has written an extraordinary story of an exhilarating life, but at times also tragic. One would have a heart as hard as stone not to be saddened and disheartened by the story of losing her relationship with her father. All in all a fast read with plenty of highs and lows to keep your interest. ***** Easy, breezy "Weezie" An easy and enjoyable read, this book manages to convey the author's clear sense of fun and to poke fun at social-climbing while still making plain her palpable hurt and upset over the heartbreaking way the last few years of her father's life played out. It would be hard to make up a literary villain as nasty as the vain, selfish stepmother portrayed here, and at times her spiteful antics make the reader want to scream, but through it all Ms Ford keeps her good humor intact and her boundless energy and resilience sparkle on every page. ***** What a page-turner! You will not be able to tear yourself away once you start this book, so set aside an afternoon to peer into the highs and lows of being Weezie. She's a heroine, and keeps going, when many of us would have thrown up our hands in despair. She writes with an easy, flowing style that leaves you wanting more. Weezie has already triumphed in the writing and publishing of this book. I look forward to the sequel and to learning what Weezie has in store for us in the next chapter of her life. ***** RIVETING! This story is so incredible, that I actually "called in sick" from work the day after I got it, just so I could finish it! I hope that Weezie writes another book so we all learn the truth about this evil step-mother. Highly recommend! ***** Brillant on top of fabulous I was enthralled! I especially loved all the anecdotes about PALM BEACH LOCALS!! Laugh out loud funny! Buy it, you won't be able to put it down! ***** I love a good memoir....this is an amazing life story I could not put this book down. It is written with honesty and humor amid betrayal and disappointment. I wish I had known Weezie's mother because she created a very resilient, intelligent and emotionally strong woman in the mere 15 years they had together. I hope that we will hear the end of this story. I want the wicked step mother to get what she deserves. ***** Heartbreaking and Heartwarming I found myself not wanting to turn the page to find out the next horrible thing that happened to Weezie, but the intrigue got the best of me. At one point, it seemed as though there was one or more absolutely shocking difficulty happening on every page! The step-monster is truly evil it is impossible to believe the extent she went to to make Weezie's life miserable. To know that Weezie's Dad was so poorly cared for in the end of his life was truly heartbreaking. The book makes you yearn for justice for Weezie, but you also learn that she is a true survivor and will be fine no matter what happens. I wish her the best.