Gracefully-Yours greeting cards presents Life Lessons with author and noted broadcaster Steve Brown debuting his latest book Hidden Agendas- Dropping the Masks that keep us apart.

Learn about the national movement to be authentic.

Join us on 4wordwomen's Mentoring Monday  with Lisa DeLuca presented by Gracefully-Yours cards, hosted by Rick Tocquigny.

Visit www.gracefully-yours.com for America's favorite encouragement and thank you cards, perfect for mentors and mentees.

The Curse of Beauty reveals for the first time:

The reason for Munson’s breakdown and institutionalization, referencing newly released court documents on her committal.

The identity of the photographer who first discovered her as a teenager on Fifth Avenue and half a dozen of her boyfriends, including the man who provoked her suicide attempt.

Why her relationship with America’s richest bachelor went so terribly wrong.

New artworks are attributed to her, including the only Modernist masterpiece ever linked to her name.

Why her promising film career collapsed, drawing on never-before-seen documents.

 

In this tremendous feat of journalism, Bone reveals the processes of a delicate mind as it plunges into the shadow of celebrity excess. Munson was a woman preoccupied with the meaning of true Art, both natural and manmade, who offered her physicality as the world’s canvas, but ultimately did not control her body; she was a woman incapable of escaping the gilded cage of beauty.

The Curse of Beauty is a revelatory, historical treasure that probes at the role of beauty in our lives, art, and culture– why we desire it; how we transform ourselves to attain it; and how it can lure us down paths of self-invention and discovery, and self-inflation and destruction.

James Bone is the former long-time New York bureau chief of The Times of London newspaper. For almost a quarter of the century, he covered every major event in New York. Bone is descended from a long lineage of artists, some of whom were the contemporaries of the sculptors and painters in this book. Bone has reported from countries and continents far-and-wide, from Afghanistan to Antarctica. His most recent posting was as The Times correspondent in Rome, Italy.

The Curse of Beauty reveals for the first time:

The reason for Munson’s breakdown and institutionalization, referencing newly released court documents on her committal.

The identity of the photographer who first discovered her as a teenager on Fifth Avenue and half a dozen of her boyfriends, including the man who provoked her suicide attempt.

Why her relationship with America’s richest bachelor went so terribly wrong.

New artworks are attributed to her, including the only Modernist masterpiece ever linked to her name.

Why her promising film career collapsed, drawing on never-before-seen documents.

 

In this tremendous feat of journalism, Bone reveals the processes of a delicate mind as it plunges into the shadow of celebrity excess. Munson was a woman preoccupied with the meaning of true Art, both natural and manmade, who offered her physicality as the world’s canvas, but ultimately did not control her body; she was a woman incapable of escaping the gilded cage of beauty.

The Curse of Beauty is a revelatory, historical treasure that probes at the role of beauty in our lives, art, and culture– why we desire it; how we transform ourselves to attain it; and how it can lure us down paths of self-invention and discovery, and self-inflation and destruction.

James Bone is the former long-time New York bureau chief of The Times of London newspaper. For almost a quarter of the century, he covered every major event in New York. Bone is descended from a long lineage of artists, some of whom were the contemporaries of the sculptors and painters in this book. Bone has reported from countries and continents far-and-wide, from Afghanistan to Antarctica. His most recent posting was as The Times correspondent in Rome, Italy.

Join us on 4wordwomen's Mentoring Monday  with Lisa DeLuca presented by Gracefully-Yours cards, hosted by Rick Tocquigny.

Visit www.gracefully-yours.com for America's favorite encouragement and thank you cards, perfect for mentors and mentees.

Gracefully-Yours greeting cards presents Life Lessons with author and noted broadcaster Steve Brown debuting his latest book Hidden Agendas- Dropping the Masks that keep us apart.

Learn about the national movement to be authentic.

Gracefully-Yours, America's favorite encouragement cards presents Life Lessons with Dr. Kayann Short, author of A Bushel's Worth. This book is an eco-biography about her family's farming past and call for farming preservation today. Hear Kayann's life lessons taught from her grandparents. Visit www.abushelsworth.com for more information.

 

Tell us about yourself and your personal journey. 

2. Tell us about latest book. 

3. What are the big life lessons in the book?

4. Tell us about community agriculture. How can get involved?

Gracefully-Yours, America's favorite encouragement cards presents Life Lessons with Dr. Kayann Short, author of A Bushel's Worth. This book is an eco-biography about her family's farming past and call for farming preservation today. Hear Kayann's life lessons taught from her grandparents. Visit www.abushelsworth.com for more information.

 

Tell us about yourself and your personal journey. 

2. Tell us about latest book. 

3. What are the big life lessons in the book?

4. Tell us about community agriculture. How can get involved?

Ultimate Mentoring of Millennials with Mohan C. Mohan and Rick Tocquigny.

This show is presented by America's favorite encouragement cards for mentoring, Gracefully-Yours. Visit gracefully-yours.com for more information.

Ultimate Mentoring of Millennials with Mohan C. Mohan and Rick Tocquigny.

This show is presented by America's favorite encouragement cards for mentoring, Gracefully-Yours. Visit gracefully-yours.com for more information.