02726cam a2200397 4500 611472920 TxAuBib 20221203120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798765077672 fc794b5e-b71c-4b96-88be-16dca451b734 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9231759 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Griswold, Mac K. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise [Libby Audiobook] : A Life of Bunny Mellon. Tantor Media, Inc., 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 489MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 489MB. Biography. Landscape. Designers. garden. Famous. mellon. house. bunny. White. Rose. Bunny Mellon, whose life was marked by astonishing good fortune as well as tragedy and scandal, remains a singular figure in the annals of American design. She had her finger on the pulse of American culture and possessed a rare sense of style and grace. Her most celebrated work-the White House Rose Garden-demonstrated how formal restraint and the sparing use of color could be deployed to maximal effect. In I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, Mac Griswold-who knew Mellon personally-delves into her subject's closely-guarded personal archives to construct an unrivaled portrait of a woman as complex and multifaceted as the gardens and homes on which she left her mark. This book explores the tension between Mellon's idea of herself as a "poor little rich girl" and her own enterprising spirit. Mellon tested the anodyne 1950s model of woman as-wife-as-mother by getting a divorce, admitting candidly to her first husband that she wanted a richer one. She imperiously traded old friends for new, and ultimately used her reputation, her connections, and above all her money to help fund John Edwards's short-lived presidential campaign. How Mellon's character, style, and taste developed together to produce her greatest accomplishments-private and public-is the real subject of this biography. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-12-03 20:00:03. Lewis, Christa. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fc794b5e-b71c-4b96-88be-16dca451b734&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fc794b5e-b71c-4b96-88be-16dca451b734&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)