{"product_id":"to-the-one-i-love-the-best-isbn-9781782277934","title":"To the One I Love the Best","description":"\u003cb\u003eA witty and charming account of the wildly entertaining Elsie de Wolfe in 1950s Hollywood, recounted by her dear friend, the beloved creator of \u003ci\u003eMadeline\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLudwig Bemelmans’ charming intergenerational friendship with the late-in-life “First Lady of Interior Decoration” provides an enormously enjoyable nostalgia trip to the sun-soaked glamour of Los Angeles, where de Wolfe surrounded herself with classic movie stars and a luminous parade of life's oddities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith hilarity and mischief that de Wolfe would no doubt approve, \u003ci\u003eTo the One I Love the Best \u003c\/i\u003elifts the curtain on 1950s Hollywood--a bygone world of extravagance and eccentricity, where the parties are held in circus tents and populated by ravishing movie stars. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBemelmans, who was working at MGM, had originally come to the California home of de Wolfe just for cocktails but by the end of the night, he was firmly established as a member of the family: given a bedroom in their sumptuous house, invitations to the most outrageous parties in Hollywood, and the friendship of the larger-than-life woman known to her closest friends simply as 'Mother'.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo the One I Love the Best \u003c\/i\u003e(which refers to de Wolfe’s dog)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a touching tribute to a fabulously funny woman and an American icon.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you.  \u003c\/i\u003e- Elsie de Wolfe\"This book is a must.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Delightful... It was Bemelmans’ privilege to have known [Lady Mendl] and it’s ours to have his gorgeous recollections.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A beautiful, fun and emotion-filled piece of social history.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Irish Independent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“The charm of To the One I Love the Best lies in the peerless combination of author and subject.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"About a third of the way through the book I decided that Lady Mendl, was one of the great comic creations in the history of literature . . . as airy as a soufflé, full of the sun and smells of California . . . Madeline for grown ups.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The Spectator \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e“Reissued treasure.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Gloss \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLudwig   Bemelmans (1898-1962) was an Austrian-born American writer and  illustrator of   books for children and adults. He travelled to American  in 1914,   at the age of sixteen, and worked for three years in the  dining halls of what   he called, in his autobiographical works, the \u003ci\u003eHotel Splendide\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1926, he   quit working in hotels to become a full-time cartoonist and made frequent   contributions to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTown and Country\u003c\/i\u003e. He is perhaps   most well-known as the author of the beloved \u003ci\u003eMadeline \u003c\/i\u003ebooks.A witty and charming account of 1950s Hollywood, and the author's friendship with the wildly entertaining Elsie de Wolfe","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300332884197,"sku":"NP9781782277934","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781782277934.jpg?v=1767742729","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/to-the-one-i-love-the-best-isbn-9781782277934","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}