Alexandra Aldrich
The Astor Orphan
- ISBN 13:
- 9780062207951
- author:
- Alexandra Aldrich
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Ecco Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 259
- Dimensions:
- 13.5 x 1.5 x 20.3 cm
- Genre:
- Biography, Women,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Astor Orphan: A Memoir by Alexandra Aldrich is an unflinching account of her family's eccentric and fractured history. Born into a branch of the Astor legacy that had fallen on hard times, Aldrich recounts her childhood in the 1980s, spent in the squalid attic of Rokeby, the family's Hudson Valley mansion. Aldrich's story reaches back to the Gilded Age, when the Astor family's fortunes began to unravel, leaving behind a trail of poverty and squabbling relatives. With grit reminiscent of The Glass Castle, Aldrich brings this faded world into focus through black-and-white photographs that illustrate her memoir. Set against the backdrop of aristocratic decay, Aldrich's memoir is a brave and unflinching exploration of family, identity, and the complexities of inheritance.
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