![]() Oh, reader, you are in for a treat.", Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendoris taxonomy-as-memoir, an absolutely brilliant gift to the reader, wherein Friend essentially holds open the door to the exclusive club., Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor is taxonomy-as-memoir, an absolutely brilliant gift to the reader, wherein Friend essentially holds open the door to the exclusive club., "Friend's memoir, called "Cheerful Money," is a droll, psychologically astute and sometimes nostalgic look backward at the WASP world that was. Tad Friend does fall far enough from the tree to give us a delightfully rendered account of not only his self-discovery but an examination of "The Last Days of Wasp Splendor." It is gorgeously written. Friend animates a deeply private, aristocratic way of life with detailed, moving intimacy., " splendid book. Recognizing that it's his inherited duty to entertain and amuse his audience, even as he's occasionally serving up grisly confessions and nut-hard kernels of emotional truth."- Maureen Corrigan, NPR, In Tad Friend's stunning memoir about the lost world of the Wasp elite, the Hamptons' Georgica Pond comes to seem as Edenic as Thoreau's Walden. This will become a classic., "Friend's memoir, called "Cheerful Money," is a droll, psychologically astute and sometimes nostalgic look backward at the WASP world that was. It has the verve of Nick and Nora Charles with their silver martini shakers, and some insights mournful as Kafka's. Friend's book is such a winning family chronicle that the decline he describes is less a fall than an exhilarating ride, less sad than heartwarmingly comic."- Washington Post, Cheerful Moneyis side-splittingly funny and touching, without being the least predictable. This will become a classic., "American Wasps are now as rare as black truffles, and rarely has their story been told so candidly or entertainingly as it is in Tad Friend's wonderful new memoir, Cheerful Money. This will become a classic."- Mary Karr, author of Lit and The Liars' Club, Cheerful Money is side-splittingly funny and touching, without being the least predictable. The tone he strikes is elegaic, even tender (at times) as he chronicles the futile pursuit of gracious living, now sinking into the "ruinous romance of loss."", " Cheerful Money is side-splittingly funny and touching, without being the least predictable. The tone he strikes is elegaic, even tender (at times) as he chronicles the futile pursuit of gracious living, now sinking into the "ruinous romance of loss."", "Friend's talents are well suited to his material. An insightful, highly humorous memoir, exceptionally well-written., "Friend's talents are well suited to his material. ![]() Oh, reader, you are in for a treat.", Cheerful Money, by a self-stinging Wasp, is sharp as well as blunt about this problematic caste, but also rather proud of its salty aspects. Oh, reader, you are in for a treat."- San Francisco Chronicle, " splendid book. An insightful, highly humorous memoir, exceptionally well-written., " splendid book. Friend's book is such a winning family chronicle that the decline he describes is less a fall than an exhilarating ride, less sad than heartwarmingly comic., Cheerful Money, by a self-stinging Wasp, is sharp as well as blunt about this problematic caste, but also rather proud of its salty aspects. Friend animates a deeply private, aristocratic way of life with detailed, moving intimacy., American Wasps are now as rare as black truffles, and rarely has their story been told so candidly or entertainingly as it is in Tad Friend's wonderful new memoir, Cheerful Money. In Tad Friend's stunning memoir about the lost world of the Wasp elite, the Hamptons' Georgica Pond comes to seem as Edenic asThoreau's Walden.
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