The Price of Illusion: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (921 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1476762953 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From Joan Juliet Buck, former editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris and “one of the most compelling personalities in the world of style” (New York Times) comes her dazzling, compulsively readable memoir: a fabulous account of four decades spent in the creative heart of London, New York, Los Angeles, and Paris—“If you loved The Devil Wears Prada, you’ll adore The Price of Illusion” (Elle).Born into a world of make-believe as the daughter of a larger-than-life film producer, Joan Juliet Buck’s childhood was a whirlwind of famous faces, ever-changing home addresses, and a fascination with the shiny surfaces of things. While Joan’s story is unique, her journey toward self-discovery is refreshing and universal.. She chronicles this journey in beautiful and at times heartbreaking prose, taking the reader through the wild parties and the fashion, the celebrities and creative geniuses as well as love, loss, and the loneliness of getting everything you thought you wanted and finding it’s not what you’d imagined. When Joan became the first and only American woman to fill Vogue Pari
Seduced by bright shiny objects and finding her way clear. Worldly and compelling. It seems strange to describe “The Price of Illusion” as a memoir about addiction because I’ve known Joan Buck for 35 years and I don’t think I’ve ever seen her drunk or stoned. In her case, “addiction” is more special than drugs or alcohol or sex. But then, in her case, everything is special.When we met, I thought we were very much the same: magazine writers making our way up the pole. Joan didn’t talk much about her childhood and the start of her career, but if she had, I’d have quickly understood . Vogue and So Much More Joan Juliet Buck comes from Hollywood royalty, and moved on to fashion. While living a life many would envy, she writes about how much of it is simply an illusion, and an addictive one at that. With wit, biting insight and real depth, Buck flays open her own life and shows us the price it all takes to seem fabulous. Recommended.. Best depiction of the cutthroat fashion magazine business This may forever be the best depiction of the cutthroat fashion magazine business, even if Joan Juliet Buck's stint as editor-in-chief of Paris Vogue does not occupy that much of the book. Other accounts may exist, or follow, but the triumph of The Price of Illusion is that Buck is a superb writer. She excels in every aspect of great literary writing and, in the course of the story, as all the trappings of superficial success fray and disappoint, her writing becomes the whole reason for reading this book. The prose is elegant, witty, incisive, and poig
At once an unputdownable romp through sixty years of a world that no one will ever know better than Joan Juliet Buck, and a great literary accomplishment." (Peter Nichols, bestselling author of The Rocks)"The Price of Illusion is a spilled treasure of a book. Think of anyone who had cachet in the world of movies, literature or fashion starting in 1970 or so, and chances are good that they pop up in this book. The language is dazzling, but even more overwhelming is the Proustian level of observation. She writes with brio even when she narrates times of difficulty, and achieves a remarkable mixture of m
While a contributing editor to Vogue, Vanity Fair, Traveler, and The New Yorker, she wrote two novels, The Only Place to Be and Daughter of the Swan. . Joan Juliet Buck is an American novelist, critic, essayist, and editor. She served as editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris from 1994 to 2001. Currently, she writes for W