Far from an anemic rehashing of a few bygone flings, Gloria Vanderbilt's "romance memoir" is a vivid, elegant reminiscence that covers a daunting number of one-night stands, affairs, and marriages. "Poor little rich girl" Vanderbilt was born into wealth but became a virtual hostage during her parents' long, well-publicized custody war. Fetchingly beautiful yet insecure and slightly wild, she began her amorous adventures early. Her partners included the rich, the eccentric, and the brilliant: Howard Hughes, Frank Sinatra, William Paley, Leopold Stokowski, Marlon Brando, Gene Kelly, Sidney Lumet, and finally writer Wyatt Cooper, the great love of her life. It Seemed Important at the Time displays both Vanderbilt's gifts as a writer and her acute ability to reflect on her life experience.
Rate this 3.5 out of 5. I did not think I would really like this book as much as I did, but I did enjoy it. She always wished for the love that she had never received from her own mother and could not find it ever in the men she loved. It could have been written any women who had many lovers in that elusive search for unconditional love, Gloria just happened to travel in circles that featured rich and famous men.
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