Author: Patricia Gucci Publisher: Crown Archetype ISBN: 080413894X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 334
Book Description
The gripping family drama—and never-before-told love story—surrounding the rise and fall of the late Aldo Gucci, the man responsible for making the legendary fashion label the powerhouse it is today, as told by his daughter. Patricia Gucci was born a secret: the lovechild whose birth could have spelled ruination for her father, Aldo Gucci. It was the early 1960s, the halcyon days for Gucci—the must-have brand of Hollywood and royalty—but also a time when having a child out of wedlock was illegal in Italy. Aldo couldn't afford a public scandal, nor could he resist his feelings for Patricia’s mother, Bruna, the paramour he met when she worked in the first Gucci store in Rome. To avoid controversy, he sent Bruna to London after she became pregnant, and then discretely whisked her back to Rome with her newborn hidden from the Italian authorities, the media, and the Gucci family. In the Name of Gucci charts the untold love story of Patricia’s parents, relying on the author’s own memories, a collection of love letters and interviews with her mother, as well as an archive of previously unseen photos. She interweaves her parents' tempestuous narrative with that of her own relationship with her father—from an isolated little girl who lived in the shadows for the best part of a decade through her rise as Gucci's spokesperson and Aldo's youngest protégé, to the moment when Aldo’s three sons were shunned after betraying him in a notorious coup and Patricia—once considered a guilty secret—was made his sole universal heir. It is an epic tale of love and loss, treason and loyalty, sweeping across Italy, England and America during the most tumultuous period of Gucci's sixty years as a family business.
Author: John L. Keller Publisher: Lloyd amundson ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 101
Book Description
What if they cured Alzheimer's? Marc Nelson is a long time nursing home resident who is suffering from advanced Alzheimer's. He has been selected by a research group to receive an experimental treatment for Alzheimer's. The treatment works and Marc's brain now functions like that of a normal person. The problem is that the treatment only restored Marc's logic and reasoning skills. The treatment did not restore his memories. Marc now thinks he is twenty years younger and has only partial memories of his past. He is convinced that he has a daughter and that she needs him. The doctors have no record of his daughter and they believe that his memory of a daughter is a left over delusion from his Alzheimer's state. Marc knows that only after he finds his daughter can he restart his new life. This is a story of Marc journey to rediscover his past and find his daughter that only he believes in.
Author: Jayem Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 6029891162 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 273
Book Description
What if Jeshua (Jesus) appeared in your living room? In July 1987 He first appeared to Jayem in a field of Light, coming closer and closer ..".until his eyes were all I could see. And then his eyes seemed to pour right through me and I felt like I was dissolving into them, into those incredibly peaceful eyes." Over a period of nearly two years Jeshua appeared many times and gave 'dictation', which Jayem scribbled down as fast as he could. Eventually He asked Jayem to publish it as The Jeshua Letters and this book emerged. It is the start of an astounding body of work given by Jeshua (including The Christ Mind Trilogy) which restore the essential truths of His original teachings, previously 'lost in translation' in their passage from Aramaic to English. Jeshua's 'Letters' are simple, profound and practical. His voice is certain but always gentle; inviting, never demanding. To read them is know beyond doubt - to know palpably - that Truth is being expressed.
Author: Jocko Willink Publisher: Feiwel and Friends ISBN: 1250156793 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
New York Times-bestselling author Jocko Willink delivers a second powerful and empowering Way of the Warrior Kid book about finding your inner strength and being the best you can be, even in the face of adversity in Marc's Mission.
Author: Edward Alex Smith Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1491722916 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 210
Book Description
The story of a lifetime, A Little Existence ties both a dangerous and uncompromising story about ones morality and what really matters. Capturing the psychological detail in todays desolate youth and adulthood, the complex writing helps see the reality of modern life. Alex, a seventeen year old boy loses everything and becomes cold with regret. He finds himself trapped between who is he is and what he really wants to be happy. Defining the very values of life through intense narration, and tackling everything from family to friends, he digs into his new life of crime in the town with no name. The already-dying town is on its last legs, and everything comes to an end. My name is Alex, and in one year I am going to be dead.
Author: J. C. Nicholson Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 0759659222 Category : Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
Stella Patchouli, an aristocrat's daughter, is forced to live in perpetual exile. At age 13 she runs away, leaving behind her family's Swiss chalet - in search of life without boundaries. Adventures lived, lessons learned - she is finally set free as an American citizen in the year 2000.
Author: Robert B. Parker Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101214686 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 295
Book Description
Boston P.I. Sunny Randall goes on the road to protect a bestselling author—and uncovers a world of dark secrets—in the new novel by the Grand Master. Melanie Joan Hall is a bestselling author in a bind. Her publisher needs her to tour on behalf of her latest blockbuster, and Melanie Joan needs a bodyguard-cum-escort to protect her from an overbearing ex-husband whose presence unnerves her to the point of hysteria. Sunny’s cool demeanor, cop background, and P.I. smarts are an instant balm for the older woman. Sunny begins to sense that Melanie Joan’s ex—a psychotherapist—is not your basic stalker, and when an incident at a book signing leaves the ex bloodied and the author unconscious, it’s clear the stakes are high. Having decided that the only way to crack the case is from the inside, Sunny enters therapy, only to discover some disturbing truths about herself . . . while putting her life on the line. Gripping, nuanced, and filled with Parker’s signature dialogue and psychological insight, Shrink Rap is a winner.
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