Review of
Summary of The
Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss by
Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt
Five out of five stars
This summary
gives the reader an extended look into the life of Gloria Vanderblt, a woman
with a last name that is just as synonymous with money as Rockefeller. Born
into money, it did her little good in the area of receiving love and affection
as a child. There was a titanic custody battle over Vanderbilt as a child, like
other legal events, the media billed it as “the trial of the century.”
As Vanderbilt
overtook the barrier of being ninety years of age, she began an extended
correspondence with her son, CNN personality Anderson Cooper. The book being
summarized is stated to be result of those email exchanges. However, the
summary is more about the life of Gloria Vanderbilt rather than the contents of
the messages.
It is stated
that Cooper and Vanderbilt demonstrate a great deal of candor in their
exchanges, Cooper is referred to as sometimes appearing to be an armchair
therapist. That seems reasonable, for Vanderbilt led a life of loss and is now
facing the loss of her life. It is common for there to be a bit of a role
reversal under those circumstances.
While there is
always a fundamental fascination with wealthy people, that is more so when the wealthy
people experience success beyond what they inherited. As ghoulish as it sounds,
their lives are made even more interesting when they experience personal
tragedy, situations that both Vanderbilt and Cooper have shared.
This summary makes
the book appear to be very interesting, something that could easily make it on
to my bucket list of “Gotta reads.”
This book was made available for free for review
purposes.
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