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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9781935098072
ISBN: 1935098071
Label: Bascom Hill Publishing Group
Manufacturer: Bascom Hill Publishing Group
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 184
Publication Date: November 25, 2008
Publisher: Bascom Hill Publishing Group
Studio: Bascom Hill Publishing Group
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To the outside world, Elizabeth Marvin Mulholland had it all. Adopted into a wealthy New England family, the young Elizabeth was afforded the luxury many people only realize in their dreams. She joined her family on lavish European vacations, lived in a finely decorated home, grew up in a world heavily infiltrated by power and money, and hob-knobbed with celebrities. As a close friend of Katherine Hepburn's niece, she gained an inside look into Katherine Hepburn's guarded inner life, which she details in Surviving High Society.
Her real life, however, was not the fantasy it seemed to others. Elizabeth grew up in a volatile household. Her adopted brother attempted to murder her mother and remained estranged in the decades to follow. Her father, who was her strongest ally, died suddenly when she was twenty-two. And, until her death, Elizabeth's mother used all means possible to exert control over her life. Her mother bounced Elizabeth in and out of psychiatric facilities and used her wealth to persuade doctors to keep Elizabeth locked up and medicated. Throughout, Elizabeth struggled to keep the pieces of her life together.
After her mother disinherits Elizabeth, she successfully seeks to find freedom and a life of her own away from her mother s ever-watchful gaze. Her life becomes a life without fantastic riches, filled with its own obstacles and triumphs. But it is now her life.
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I do not usually read memoirs; its not a genre I dabble in very often. But when I saw this book come across my review choices it got my interest so I requested it. And I have to say I was not disappointed. The book is a fast read, and an interesting look into a young womans life.
How she finds herself to be under the thumb of a vengeful parent, and has to climb her way out. Giving up the so called silver spoon that has been hers for her life to find her own way. That is something that ... Read More
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Elizabeth was a product of a love-obsessed mother, hell-bent on capturing and keeping the man of her dreams. Selfish womanizing biological father, determined to erase any proof of his love affair with her mother-convinces her mother to put her up for adoption. Eager to do anything that he pleases and win over the man she so desperately loves, Elizabeth tasted her first bite of abandonment as a newborn.
Soon adopted into an affluent family (with too many connections to mention) Elizabeth ... Read More
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From the outside anyone would have thought Elizabeth Marvin had the perfect life: a wealthy family, an expensive education, extravagant vacations, and more. But hiding behind the perfect façade was a deeply troubled childhood for Elizabeth and her brother, both of whom were adopted. Elizabeth's memoir, Surviving High Society tells of her life growing up around the world of New England monied families, her difficult relationship with her controlling mother, and the refuge she found with her father, and ... Read More
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I found this to be a fascinating memoir. More a series of vignettes, rather than a straight-forward autobiography, Elizabeth's story captivates. After her beloved father died, her adoptive mother was the one with the mental issues, but managed to get Elizabeth committed to the psychiatric hospital. I was appalled at the control her mother was able to exert over the doctors and the hospital: the falsification of medical records and the unnecessary, non-therapeutic medication.
Elizabeth managed ... Read More
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The author definitely has had a life that is worth writing about; being born out of wedlock, adopted into a rich family, losing her adopted father at a young age, having an abusive mother and a suicidal brother. I found Ms. Mulholland's story an interesting one that and found her book to be a rich in detail as what is what like to live in such a world and how she overcame it. Oh, did I forget to tell you that her mother had her confined to a mental institution? With this and more, she explains how she was able ... Read More
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