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A Day in the Life : One Family, the Beautiful People, and the End
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- EX-LIBRARY
- Publication Name
- Hachette Books
- ISBN
- 9780306816222
- Book Title
- Day in the Life : One Family, the Beautiful People, and the End of the Sixties
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
- Topic
- General, Literary, American / General
- Item Weight
- 16.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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A Day in the Life is the story of how the ideal marriage between two young and extraordinarily beautiful members of the English upper class fell apart as the psychedelic dreams of the sixties gave way to the harsh, hard-rock reality of the seventies. A tender, moving, and often harrowing look at the moment in time when the counterculture collided with the international jet set, A Day in the Life captures the spirit of that era and the people who lived through it with unerring accuracy and heartfelt precision. When Tommy Weber and Susan "Puss" Coriat, London's most beautiful couple, were married in 1964, it was the fitting end to a storybook romance. But the fast cars Tommy loved to race, their celebrity friends, and the huge trust fund Puss had inherited masked a tortured truth--both had suffered through oppressive and neglectful childhoods and were now caught up in a wildly extravagant lifestyle that neither Puss' inheritance nor Tommy's increasingly desperate schemes could support. Six years later, Puss found herself wandering around India with her two sons while Tommy, who was now smuggling drugs to survive, lived in London with a stunning young actress. A Day in the Life is also the stirring account of how the couple's tow sons--one of whom is the well-known actor Jake Weber--somehow managed to survive a childhood that would have destroyed those of lesser spirit. An unbelievable true-life tale that often reads like a novel, A Day in the Life follow the fortunes and misfortunes of one remarkable family while also introducing us to an extensive cast of supporting characters that includes Keith Richards, Anita Pallenberg, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Charlotte Rampling, as well as many of the movers and shakers who helped create the "Swinging London" scene.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hachette Books
ISBN-10
0306816229
ISBN-13
9780306816222
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65615995
Product Key Features
Book Title
Day in the Life : One Family, the Beautiful People, and the End of the Sixties
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
General, Literary, American / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
16.6 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Kirkus Reviews, 4/15/09 "A eulogy for the 1960s…Though it often reads like an extended society gossip column, the narrative is studded with enough trivia and name-dropping to engage ex-hippies and other fans of '60s culture."San Francisco Bay Guardian, 5/6/09 "This book [is] a great gift from the cosmos."New York Post, 5/10/09 "A look at the '60s through the lens of two of Swinging England's beautiful people."Seattle Times, 5/17/09 "Greenfield's reporting skill is admirable, and when he quotes Puss' last letter to her sons, it is bone-chilling. As the author of two previous books on the Rolling Stones, Greenfield brings the decade to life as well as any writer, without ignoring the darkness that soon envelops this family."Tuscon Citizen, 5/7/09 "This highly readable cautionary tale centers on two privileged people who lost their bearings in a hazy world of drugs, free love and unfulfilled dreams."Monterey Herald, 5/21/09 "His books, articles, profiles, stories and scripts have made his voice one of the prominent spokespersons for the 1960s. In his work, he delves beneath the surface of the lives of some of the most important figures of this music generation, showing readers the humanity that lives beneath fame and glory."January.com, 5/15/09 "Reads, at times, like a novel…This book is just stuffed full of…juicy tidbits."Washington Times, 5/31/09 "[An] extraordinary story, part magical mystery tour and part morality tale…Greenfield has done a marvelous job of re-creating the wild ride of Tommy and Puss with a splendid immediacy…As rendered here anyway, they are in themselves fascinating characters, oddly compelling and attractive despite their glaring flaws…Greenfield is a superb guide through the turbulent world where this odd couple led their frenzied lives…One of the most powerful cautionary tales about the heady Sixties that I have ever read."Los Angeles Times, 5/31/09 "[A] fascinating book about beautiful people gone down."Blogcritics.org, 5/2//09 "[A] well-researched biography...To some extent, [Puss and Tommy's] story could be a metaphor for their era, a tale of promise that, with liberal doses of 'sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll,' devolved into self-absorption and self-ruin."Boston Globe, 6/4/09 "Well researched, and the interviews with Jake and Charley Weber, the couple's tempest-tossed sons, are engrossing…Greenfield is a vivid writer with an unmatched grip on the tawdry. Many anecdotes are entertaining."InfoDad.com "[An] accurate portrayal of some of the less-than-'groovy' aspects of the Swinging Sixties."Publishersweekly.com, 6/15/09 "Greenfield documents the end of swinging London and the psychedelic 1960s through the breakdown of a high-society, scene-hopping married couple…Capturing the tenor and tone of the era, Greenfield's dysfunctional family is just as mesmerizing as his previous big-name subjects like Jerry Garcia and Timothy Leary."Curledup.com "Greenfield understands this period and writes about it with candor and authority."Curledup.com "A great read, redolent of the times it so luridly depicts."New York Waste, June 2009 "[An] amazing book…told brilliantly…A true story of two extremely fascinating people…The most exciting biography to come out in a very long time!"The Yummy List, 6/27/09 "The sort of real life, Kirkus Reviews , 4/15/09 "A eulogy for the 1960s...Though it often reads like an extended society gossip column, the narrative is studded with enough trivia and name-dropping to engage ex-hippies and other fans of '60s culture.", Kirkus Reviews, 4/15/09 "A eulogy for the 1960s…Though it often reads like an extended society gossip column, the narrative is studded with enough trivia and name-dropping to engage ex-hippies and other fans of '60s culture."
Lccn
2009-004146
Dewey Decimal
942.085/60922
Lc Classification Number
Ct788.W396g74 2009
Copyright Date
2009
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