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Once Upon a Time
by Gloria Vanderbilt

Once Upon a Time
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Author: Gloria Vanderbilt
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1986-03-12
ISBN: 0449129020
Publisher: Fawcett

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Book Review: A little girl who wanted to be loved
Summary: 5 Stars

A little girl who wanted to be loved, October 2, 2005
In this fascinating memoir, heiress Gloria Vanderbilt describes the first seventeen years of her unusual life. She writes in a stream-of-consciousness-style using a voice appropriate for each age she is describing. Her earliest memories were of her father's death, and her mother taking her to live in Paris. Gloria shared grand houses and hotels with her mother, but seldom saw her; it was Gloria's greatest desire just to be noticed by her, to hear her voice, and maybe, if she were good enough, to actually be loved by her. But they were never alone, for they were always surrounded by relatives, lovers, movie stars, and even royalty, and the one constant in Gloria's life and her only source of love was her beloved nurse, Dodo.

At the age of ten, Gloria was involved in a controversial custody battle between her mother and her father's sister, who became Gloria's new guardian. Gloria lived in a series of mansions and penthouses and watched the whirl of high society life around her as through a veil, never really connecting with anyone and having no idea who she really was or where she belonged.

This book is a rare peek into a girl's soul, a girl who just happened to be the most famous little rich girl in the country. She called herself The Imposter; fatherless, almost-motherless, whispered-about but never talked to, her life directed by lawyers and drowning in loneliness. As she said, if her story were a play, her part would be so small, she would be an understudy. "Once Upon a Time" is exciting, touching, and well-written, and impossible to put down.

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