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The beneficiary : fortune, misfortune, and the story of my father
Title:
The beneficiary : fortune, misfortune, and the story of my father
Author:
Scott, Janny, author.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Riverhead Books, 2019.
Physical Description:
278 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Summary:
"Journalist Janny Scott describes the world that shaped her father, Robert Montgomery Scott (whose mother, Helen Hope Scott, was said to have inspired Katherine Hepburn's character in the play and the film The Philadelphia Story), and provides a look at the weight of inheritance, the tenacity of addiction, and the power of buried secrets"--
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781594634192
Format :
Book