{"product_id":"glitz-glam-and-a-damn-good-time","title":"Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2025 PICK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling biography of Mamie Fish that explores how women used parties and social gatherings to gain power and prestige, from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadame Restell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGet Well Soon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As entertaining as it is illuminating ... Wright is a brilliant social observer and she knows how to tell a rollicking story. An utter joy to read.\" --Erin Carlson, bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo Crying in Baseball\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marion Graves Anthon Fish, known by the nicknames \"Mamie\" and \"The Fun-Maker,\" threw the most epic parties in American history. This Gilded Age icon brought it all: lavish decor; A-list invitees; booze; pranks; and large animal guest stars. If you were a member of New York high society in the Peak Age of Innocence Era, you simply had to be on Mamie Fish's guest list. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mamie Fish understood that people didn't just need the formality of prior generations--they needed wit and whimsy. Make no mistake, however: Mamie Fish's story is about so much more than partying. In \u003ci\u003eGlitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will learn all about how Fish and her friends shaped the line of history, exerting their influence on business, politics, family relationships, and social change through elaborate social gatherings. I \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e n a time when women couldn't even own property, let alone run for office, if women wanted any of the things men got outside the home--glory, money, attention, social networking, leadership roles--they had to do it by throwing a decadent soiree or chairing a cotillion. To ensure people would hear and remember what she had to say, Mamie Fish lived her whole life at Volume 10, becoming famous not by playing the part of a saintly helpmeet, but by letting her demanding, bitchy, hilarious, dramatic freak flag fly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's time to let modern readers in on the fun, the fabulousness, and the absolute ferocity that is Ms. Stuyvesant Fish--and her inimitable legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Packed with impeccable research, singing prose, and delicious wit, this story of a Gilded Age queen of revelry once again proves Jennifer Wright a master storyteller.\" --Jane Borden, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCults Like Us\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50806467231976,"sku":"9780306834608","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/9539\/3512\/files\/imageloader_5250c38f-4192-4752-b210-c8534b4f313e.jpg?v=1790302814","url":"https:\/\/kuumba-47muwsn1.myshopify.com\/products\/glitz-glam-and-a-damn-good-time","provider":"Kuumba","version":"1.0","type":"link"}