The Astor Orphan

by Alexandra Aldrich

Book Overview

The Astor Orphan is an unflinching debut memoir by a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, Alexandra Aldrich. She brilliantly tells the story of her eccentric, fractured family; her 1980s childhood of bohemian neglect in the squalid attic of Rokeby, the family's Hudson Valley Mansion; and her brave escape from the clan. Aldrich reaches back to the Gilded Age when the Astor legacy began to come undone, leaving the Aldrich branch of the family penniless...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062207938
• ISBN13: 9780062207937
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"