{"product_id":"a-mansion-of-her-own-the-mysterious-life-of-heiress-alice-delamar-9781538772072","title":"A Mansion of Her Own: The Mysterious Life of Heiress Alice Delamar","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Vanderbilt and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Last Castle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a riveting biography of the reclusive heiress who became a fairy godmother to twentieth-century artists while intently guarding her own secrets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A journey through the bedrooms and drawing rooms of the twentieth-century art world where luminaries expressed forbidden sexual desires and found inspiration for much of the art they created. The book is so good, I picked it up and barely breathed until I was finished.\" -Mary Gabriel, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNinth Street Women\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1918, at twenty-three, Alice Delamar inherited the vast fortune of her mining magnate father, reportedly becoming the richest maiden of her time. She was swiftly hounded by the press, who wanted to know: Would she assume her father's famed Pembroke Estate? What would she do with all that money? And most importantly, whom would she marry? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Determined to evade the public eye, Alice built sprawling, tree-covered estates, where she mixed with acclaimed figures like Vladimir Nabokov, Salvador Dali, Ludwig Bemelmans, George Balanchine, and Eva Le Gallienne. Behind a wall of her own making, she lived a life that hardly would have suited high society, also keeping the confidences of the cascade of characters who came to populate her compounds--in some cases, before being dramatically cast out of paradise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After learning of Alice in a biography of La Gallienne, Nona Footz was spellbound. Who was this woman, and what was she hiding? She spent the next decade rummaging through musty attics and traveling to far-flung cities in search of a manuscript that Alice was rumored to have left behind. What she found, especially among Alice's surviving posse, took her breath away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Mansion of Her Own \u003c\/i\u003eis an illuminating portrait of the mysterious millionairess, as well as an exploration of the ways that the dead push and pull the living. Tender and probing, it's an unforgettable story about what we hide and what we seek--both from others and ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nona Footz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.33h x 5.83w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538772072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2026 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNona Footz \u003c\/b\u003eis currently an executive and board recruiter and has been a freelance writer for the magazines VENU and for Art New England. A native of Canada, Footz is an adjunct faculty member at New York University. A MANSION OF HER OWN is her first book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudrey Clare Farley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unfit Heiress\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGirls and Their Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Michigan Notable Book Award and was named a New York Times Editors' Choice. She lives in Hanover, Pennsylvania.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Nona Footz \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":49001559359645,"sku":"9781538772072","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_77c321fb-90dd-4f2b-9e6c-5082bc53d7cd.jpg?v=1791979902","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-mansion-of-her-own-the-mysterious-life-of-heiress-alice-delamar-9781538772072","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}