Friends and Enemies: A Memoir By: Barbara Amiel | EPUB | 5.40 MiB
October 13th 2020 | ISBN: 0771006713 | English | 608 pages
Author: Barbara Amiel
Shockingly honest, richly detailed, and pulling no punches,Â*Friends and EnemiesÂ*traverses the highs and lows of Barbara Amiel's storied life in journalism and high society.
From her early childhood in London during the Blitz to emigrating to North America and her rise to the top rungs of journalism; to her four husbands and otherÂ*assorted beaus both famous and not; and right up to her marriage to Conrad Black andÂ*their prolific legal battles against the powerful and vengeful American justiceÂ*system,Â*Barbara Amiel's life has been as dramatic as it is glamorous. She has been called every conceivable name in the book by the media (and authors ofÂ*unauthorizedÂ*biographies about her), pilloried for her extravagant lifestyle and sometimes regrettable quotes to the press ("My extravagance knows no bounds," forÂ*instance, toÂ*Vogue), not to mention her outspoken conservative political views as stated in her weekly newspaper columns around the world. It's no surprise sheÂ*remains to this day a subject of utter fascination after over four decades in the public eye.
But until now, very few people actually know her real story—the break-up of her familyÂ*when she was a child, her bouts of debilitating depression and other chronicÂ*health issues, her thoughts on feminism and #MeToo, her travels with the international jet set and A-list celebrities, and, of course, herÂ*unvarnished viewsÂ*on the trialÂ*and conviction (since overturned) of Conrad Black and the iron-clad bond they have shared since they were married in 1992.Â*
Whether you are an admirer or critic of Amiel’s, you will be completely engrossed in her operatic life, one that seems ripped from the pages of a scandalous novel.Â*She also distinguishes herself as a woman well ahead of her time—the first female editor of a national newspaper in Canada, she challenged the sexual mores ofÂ*society while also angering the feminist establishment. She has certainly had many friends and enemies over the years—Henry and Nancy Kissinger, Elton John,Â*Tom Stoppard, David Frost, Anna Wintour, Oscar de la Renta, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana, Marie Jose Kravis, to name but a few—and she brings theseÂ*personalties into the spotlight in this larger-than-life memoir that is sure to cause aÂ*sensation with readers everywhere.
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