{"product_id":"to-the-one-i-love-the-best","title":"To the One I Love the Best","description":"\u003cp\u003eA witty and charming account of the wildly entertaining Elsie de Wolfe in 1950s Hollywood, recounted by her dear friend, the beloved creator of Madeline\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLudwig Bemelmans’ charming intergenerational friendship with the late-in-life “First Lady of Interior Decoration” provides an enormously enjoyable nostalgia trip to the sun-soaked glamour of Los Angeles, where de Wolfe surrounded herself with classic movie stars and a luminous parade of life's oddities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith hilarity and mischief that de Wolfe would no doubt approve, To the One I Love the Best lifts the curtain on 1950s Hollywood--a bygone world of extravagance and eccentricity, where the parties are held in circus tents and populated by ravishing movie stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBemelmans, who was working at MGM, had originally come to the California home of de Wolfe just for cocktails but by the end of the night, he was firmly established as a member of the family: given a bedroom in their sumptuous house, invitations to the most outrageous parties in Hollywood, and the friendship of the larger-than-life woman known to her closest friends simply as 'Mother'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo the One I Love the Best (which refers to de Wolfe’s dog) is a touching tribute to a fabulously funny woman and an American icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBe pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you. - Elsie de Wolfe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRHD Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45510906970335,"sku":"9781782277934","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781782277934.jpg?v=1744080709","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/to-the-one-i-love-the-best","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}