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Ballsy soccer players were the subject of raising our athletic daughters doubleday, 1998, with gil. When she viewed john singer sargents painting of the two, though, she became captivated by his wife, edie nicknamed fiercely. Jean zimmerman books list of books by author jean zimmerman. Its subject is the marriage of edith minturn and isaac newton phelps stokes. Using the painting as her inspiration, jean zimmerman reveals the lives of edith minturn, heir to a shipping magnate, nicknamed fiercely by her brother and her husband, isaac newton phelps stokes, in a story that reads like a fictional romance in love, fiercely. Oct 19, 2015 the new york love story of a beautiful heiress and a wealthy young architect, captured in a famous john singer sargent painting. The most detailed part of the biography covers the lives of isaac and edith among the new york aristocracy from their. Love, fiercely manhattan romance in the gilded age the no. The new york love story of a beautiful heiress and a wealthy young architect, captured in a famous john singer sargent painting in love, fiercely jean zimmerman recreates the glittering world of edith minturn and isaac newton phelps stokes. Contemporaries of the astors and vanderbilts, they grew up together along the shores of bucolic staten island, linked by privilegeher grandparents built the worlds fastest clipper ship.
A graduate of barnard college, zimmerman earned a master of fine arts degree in poetry from the columbia university school of the arts, and was awarded a new york state fine arts grant in 1983. A gilded age romance is a dual biography of edith minturn. Throughout her writing career jean zimmerman has published both nonfiction and fictional works that center around the changing role of women in america. The true story of the new york society couple portrayed in the john singer sargent paintingan architect and an heiress. Love, fiercely jean zimmerman 9780151014477 netgalley. I was entertained by the novel the american heiress, to which love, fiercely is compared. Jean zimmerman collaborated with felice schwartz on breaking with tradition.
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