{"product_id":"to-the-one-i-love-the-best-9781782277934","title":"To the One I Love the Best","description":"\u003cb\u003eA witty and charming account of the wildly entertaining Elsie de Wolfe in 1950s Hollywood, recounted by her dear friend, the beloved creator of \u003ci\u003eMadeline\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLudwig Bemelmans' charming intergenerational friendship with the late-in-life \"First Lady of Interior Decoration\" provides an enormously enjoyable nostalgia trip to the sun-soaked glamour of Los Angeles, where de Wolfe surrounded herself with classic movie stars and a luminous parade of life's oddities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith hilarity and mischief that de Wolfe would no doubt approve, \u003ci\u003eTo the One I Love the Best \u003c\/i\u003elifts the curtain on 1950s Hollywood--a bygone world of extravagance and eccentricity, where the parties are held in circus tents and populated by ravishing movie stars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBemelmans, who was working at MGM, had originally come to the California home of de Wolfe just for cocktails but by the end of the night, he was firmly established as a member of the family: given a bedroom in their sumptuous house, invitations to the most outrageous parties in Hollywood, and the friendship of the larger-than-life woman known to her closest friends simply as 'Mother'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo the One I Love the Best \u003c\/i\u003e(which refers to de Wolfe's dog)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a touching tribute to a fabulously funny woman and an American icon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you. \u003c\/i\u003e- Elsie de Wolfe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782277934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Ludwig Bemelmans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42589608935605,"sku":"9781782277934","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1bbc7da8-03ca-4de7-bcb6-59e44088d660.jpg?v=1673327465","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/to-the-one-i-love-the-best-9781782277934","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}