It's My Party

It's My Party
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A candid look at an extraordinary life of privilegeAn inside look at the family life of one of America's greatest business leadersOne woman's struggle for happiness and the techniques she found to help herNearly 80 illustrations: photos, private letters, and memorabilia, most of which have never before been published.Readers who know a small piece of Jeannette's story from Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co. by Lynne Tillman (Harcourt, 1999) can learn the «before» and «after» in this book. Jeannette many former colleagues from the bookselling community are sure to support the book.

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Jeannette Watson. It's My Party

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It’s My Party

a memoir

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I grew up at a time when frozen food was becoming popular. How I loved Birds Eye beef pie, which was sometimes served on Sunday nights, when the cook was off. On Fridays we ate hamburgers and French fries with buttery Birds Eye frozen corn. We also enjoyed TV dinners, with each item confined to its own little compartment.

My parents worried a lot over bad breath and were constantly blaming garlic as the main cause of it—also raw onions, which I quite liked. At one point my mother said sweetly to me, “I hope you don’t mind my telling you this, but your breath is fetid.” When she saw my face fall she said, “Oh, do you mind my telling you? I’m always thrilled when your father tells me.” (I would imagine the conversation. My father: “Olive, your breath is fetid!” My mother, gratefully: “Oh Tom, thank you so much for telling me!”)

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