FREE THE WORLD OF GLORIA VANDERBILT PDF Wendy Goodman,Anderson Cooper | 224 pages | 15 Nov 2010 | Abrams | 9780810995925 | English | New York, United States The World of Gloria Vanderbilt - - The World of Gloria Vanderbilt helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Anderson Cooper Foreword. Gloria Vanderbilt is many things: an heiress, a painter, a muse, a designer, a model, a writer, an entrepreneur, an actor, a socialite, a survivor, an icon. She brought the Vanderbilt name out of the Gilded Age and into the Digital Age, reinventing herself over and over along the way. Hers is a story of charisma, glamour, and heartbreaking loss, told here by Wendy Goodman, Gloria Vanderbilt is many things: an heiress, a painter, a muse, a designer, a model, a writer, an entrepreneur, an actor, a socialite, a survivor, an icon. Hers is a story of charisma, glamour, and heartbreaking loss, told here by Wendy Goodman, who had intimate access to Vanderbilt for this book. The illustrations include portraits of Vanderbilt and her extraordinary homes, filled with original and influential decorating ideas, by such photographic legends as Richard Avedon, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Inge Morath, Horst P. Horst, Francesco Scavullo, and Annie Leibovitz. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. Published November 1st by Harry N. Abrams first published January 1st More Details Other Editions 1. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The World of Gloria Vanderbiltplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about The World of Gloria Vanderbilt. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The World of Gloria Vanderbilt. May 10, Sasha rated it it was amazing. Not my usual kind of read. It was recommended to me by my librarian who The World of Gloria Vanderbilt that I was researching the end of the gilded age, and thought this book may give me a taste of that especially from the period around Gloria Vanderbilt's birth. I was surprised how much I enjoyed this book. Gloria Vanderbilt overcame quite a bit, and though her choices weren't always great, she owned them and she rose above things that would have destroyed many other people. The photographs were as much a part of the bo Not my usual kind of read. The photographs were as much a part of the book as the writing was. Her life was well documented through photographs by amazing photographers. I think it was a great book! Jun 19, Barbara Barna rated it really liked it. One of the joys of using the library is getting to know my librarian, Peter Muckolsky, who has started recommending and reserving books for me. The World of Gloria Vanderbilt was a left field gem. The World of Gloria Vanderbilt to her for building an extraordinary and rich life after a brutal childhood. I think more often than not people who grow up like GV - not only ridiculously wealthy but abandoned by their parents - turn out more like Lindsay Lohan or any number of wasted British lesser nobles - but Gloria Vander One of the joys of using the library is getting to know my librarian, Peter Muckolsky, who has started recommending and reserving books for me. I think more often than not people who grow up like GV - not only ridiculously wealthy but abandoned by their parents - turn The World of Gloria Vanderbilt more like Lindsay Lohan or any number of wasted British lesser nobles - but Gloria Vanderbilt has built several successful businesses and her surviving children, including Anderson Cooper, are doing incredibly well themselves. View 1 comment. Nov 27, MaryannC. Book Freak rated it it was amazing Shelves: historical-non-fictionbook-i-read-before-i-joined-goodrea. I picked this up earlier this year and forgot to review it. Having read Gloria Vanderbilt's books about her life this book was like a photo companion to her life story. It is filled with beautiful pictures that exude the wealth and opulence of the Vanderbilt family. Looking at the photos gave me a real sense of just how rich and elegant these people were. An excellent look into a world that we will never see again. View 2 comments. The World of Gloria Vanderbilt 23, Mary rated it it was amazing. Reading this beautiful book was my first Chritmas gift. This book is gorgeous! The photography is outstanding! The story of Gloria Vanderbilt is an inspiration to all comtemporary woman rich and poor who face good days and bad days and must triumph amid dissappointments and tragedy and find hope and joy in the future. Oct 08, BarbaraW rated it really liked it. A survivor. A creative genius. A fighter. Gorgeous pictures. Features many famous photographers. Terrible childhood followed by an escape marriage. Glamorous life continues but horrible setbacks nearly wreck this sensitive woman. Vanderbilt strength and resiliency prevail in the end. Laysee She sounds like a resilient woman, Barbara. Thank you for the lovely introduction. Oct 10, AM. BarbaraW The World of Gloria Vanderbilt I like to mix it up. Oct 15, PM. First though, I don't know how it has escaped my attention for the last decade or so that Cooper Anderson is a Vanderbilt. I can see why he would not want people to know it immediately - not because he was ashamed, but because of all the 'baggage' he rightly claims that comes with it. The Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, Morgans, etc. What I especially found interesting about this books is it gives an account in photos and text of the life of a Vanderbilt in the modern era. Gloria Vanderbilt is certainly an interesting figure, from her many marriages, her multiple careers, and the tragic suicide of her son, Carter. I must confess: Everything I wrote prior to this sentence, I wrote a few days ago. I saved this review as a draft and have just now come back to it. I can not for the life of my explain why this review has been so much harder for me to write than others. At first I thought as I struggled with this one on Friday night, that it was because I was just The World of Gloria Vanderbilt a reviewing slump, that I know I am 8 books behind in my Challenge if I want to get it completed, The World of Gloria Vanderbilt, that, The World of Gloria Vanderbilt. But it can't really be a slump OR the Challenge, if I managed to write three reviews since then for three other books I had just finished recently, right? I don't know what it is, but for some reason I am just struggling with The World of Gloria Vanderbilt one. And that is certainly not fair to the book, because I enjoyed it. Every book deserves The World of Gloria Vanderbilt fair review and not one that is half-hearted. So, here is what I will say: The text was lacking in detail of Gloria's life, because I do not think this was meant to tell her life story in words. Certainly, she has written her autobiography and there are other books that do so as well. This was meant to tell her life in pictures and there it was successful. Personally, however, I just could not get over the fact that in so many rooms she was pictured in later in life, the walls are quilted. It is just weird to me. I do recommend the book, especially for those interested in the remnants of days gone by and seeing how the children of the Gilded Age grew into adulthood, and what it is like to be a Vanderbilt now. The World of Gloria Vanderbilt by Wendy Goodman Gloria Vanderbilt is many things: an heiress, a painter, a muse, a designer, a model, a writer, an entrepreneur, an actor, a socialite, a survivor, an icon. She brought the Vanderbilt name out of the Gilded Age and into the Digital Age, reinventing herself over and over along the way. Hers is a story of charisma, glamour, and heartbreaking loss, told here by Wendy Goodman, who had intimate access to Vanderbilt for this book. The illustrations include portraits of Vanderbilt and her extraordinary homes, filled with original and influential decorating ideas, by such photographic legends as Richard Avedon, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Inge Morath, Horst P. Horst, Francesco Scavullo, and The World of Gloria Vanderbilt Leibovitz. She is the design editor of New York magazine, The World of Gloria Vanderbilt well as contributing editor for Departures magazine and German and French Architectural Digest. She lives in New York. We have updated our Privacy Policy, effective June 29,to clarify how we collect and process your personal data. By continuing to use this website, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the updated Privacy Policy. Read More. Social Media Subscribe Blog Contact. The World of Gloria Vanderbilt. Praise "Perhaps the definitive-and certainly the most visually stunning-book to capture her incredible life. You may also like. Gloria Vanderbilt - Vikipedi Gloria Laura Vanderbilt February 20, — June 17, was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiressand socialite. During the s, she was the subject of a high-profile child custody trial in which her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbiltand her paternal aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitneyeach sought custody of her and control over her trust fund.