It Seemed Important at the Time

Gloria Vanderbilt hat vier Erinnerungsbücher und zwei Romane verfasst. Sie schreibt regelmäßig für zahlreiche Printmedien, unter anderem die New York Times, Vanity Fair und Elle. Zweimal wurde ihr die Ehrendoktorwürde verliehen. Sie lebt in New York City.

Born to great wealth yet kept a virtual prisoner by the custody battle that raged between her proper aunt and her self-absorbed, beautiful mother, Gloria Vanderbilt grew up in a special world. Stunningly beautiful herself, yet insecure and with a touch of wildness, she set out at a very early age to find romance. And find it she did. There were love affairs with Howard Hughes, Bill Paley, and Frank Sinatra, to name a few, and one-night stands, which she writes about with delicacy and humor, including one with the young Marlon Brando. There were marriages to men as diverse as Pat De Cicco, who abused her; the legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski, who kept his innermost secrets from her; film director Sidney Lumet; and finally writer Wyatt Cooper, the love of her life.
Now, in an irresistible memoir that is at once ruthlessly forthright, supremely stylish, full of fascinating details, and deeply touching, Gloria Vanderbilt writes at last about the subject on which she has hitherto been silent: the men in her life, why she loved them, and what each affair or marriage meant to her. This is the candid and captivating account of a life that has kept gossip writers speculating for years, as well as Gloria's own intimate description of growing up, living, marrying, and loving in the glare of the limelight and becoming, despite a family as famous and wealthy as America has ever produced, not only her own person but an artist, a designer, a businesswoman, and a writer of rare distinction

ContentsLike a pack of tarot cardshaphazardly thrown out on a table -- pick one, turn it over, turn the page...PrefaceRomanceThe Scarlet Sting of ScandalLittle Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad WolvesThe Great ThingWedded Bliss...Happy BirthdayMy Mummy -- LaterMuch, Much Later...Fantasia with StokowskiBreakfast at Tiffany's with the Tiny TerrorBill Paley and the Tiny TerrorDinner Chez BrandoThere's That Phone Call...Miracle and MeKing Arthur and Lady GuinevereA Red RoseOf Pink Tongues and How Serious and Sincere It All WasFortune CookiesOver the Rainbow at Ten Gracie SquareFast Forward...Le DivorceOnce There Was a Couple...Rock BottomThe FantastTweedledum and TweedledeeAnother Part of the ForestSubstitutesHazel KellySomeone Like YouFunQuite by ChanceWhat Are You Going to Wear?Long DistanceEpiloguePhotography Credits