{"product_id":"women-of-means-the-fascinating-biographies-of-royals-heiresses-eccentrics-and-other-poor-little-rich-girls-biographies-of-royalty-9781642500172","title":"Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls (Biographies of Royalty,","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e#1 Best Seller in Women's Studies and Biographies of the Rich \u0026amp; Famous and Royalty ─ Glimpse Behind the Fa ade of Rich and Famous Women\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you liked \u003cem\u003eThe Last Castle\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLean In\u003c\/em\u003e, you'll love \u003cem\u003eWomen of Means\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grass Isn't Greener on the Other Side: \u003c\/strong\u003e Heiresses have always been viewed with eyes of envy. They were the ones for whom the cornucopia had been upended, showering them with unimaginable wealth and opportunity. However, through intimate historical biographies, \u003cem\u003eWomen of Means\u003c\/em\u003e shows us that oftentimes the weaving sisters saved their most heart-wrenching tapestries for the destinies of wealthy women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHappily Never After: \u003c\/strong\u003e From the author of \u003cem\u003eBehind Every Great Man\u003c\/em\u003e, we now have \u003cem\u003eWomen of Means\u003c\/em\u003e, vignettes of the women who were slated from birth--or marriage--to great privilege, only to endure lives which were the stuff Russian tragic heroines are made of. They are the nonfictional Richard Corys--those not slated for happily ever after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomen of Means\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is bound to be a non-fiction best seller, full of the best biographies of all time. Some of the women whose silver spoons rusted include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlmira Carnarvon, the real-life counterpart to Lady Cora of Downton Abbey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiliane Bettencourt, whose chemist father created L'Oreal... and was a Nazi collaborator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeggy Guggenheim, who had an insatiable appetite for modern art and men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNica Rothschild, who traded her gilded life to become the Baroness of Bebop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJocelyn Wildenstein, who became a cosmetology-enhanced cat-woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRuth Madoff, the dethroned queen of Manhattan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatty Hearst, who trod the path from heiress... to terrorist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mango\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642500172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Marlene Wagman-Geller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36664217993372,"sku":"9781642500172","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f652c8e2-88d3-411f-bfaa-9f7aaf1c4bba.jpg?v=1603906098","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/women-of-means-the-fascinating-biographies-of-royals-heiresses-eccentrics-and-other-poor-little-rich-girls-biographies-of-royalty-9781642500172","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}