Alone together : my life with J. Paul Getty
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Diehl, Digby, author.
Published
New York : Ecco, 2013.
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x, 3, 398 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Shell Beach Library - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York : Ecco, 2013.
Format
Book
Language
English

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A love story, Alone Together is also a fascinating glimpse into the twentieth century from the view of one of its most remarkable couples. This is how the other half lived-- dinner dances, satin gowns, beach houses, hotel suites, first-class cabins on the Queen Mary. Teddy's life story moves from the glittering nightclubs of 1930s New York City to Mussolini's Italy, where she was imprisoned by the fascist regime, to California in the golden postwar years, where Paul and Teddy socialized with movie stars and the elite. But life with one of the world's richest men wasn't all glitz and glamour. Though charismatic in person, Getty grew more miserly as his wealth increased. Worse, he often left Teddy and their son, Timothy, behind for years at a time while he built planes for the war effort in the 1940s or brokered oil deals-- he was the first American to lease mineral rights in Saudi Arabia, which made him, at his death, the richest man in the world. Even when Timothy was diagnosed with a brain tumor, Getty complained about medical bills and failed to return to the United States to support his wife and son. When Timothy died at age twelve, the marriage was already falling apart.

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