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Them: A Memoir of Parents

Francine du Plessix Gray

At the height of their fame, Alexander Liberman and Tatiana du Plessix Gray were the grandest power couple in the New York City fashion world, gifted Russian emigres who consorted with Dali and Dietrich and told American women how to look, where to travel, and what to read. As told by their daughter, the distinguished writer Francine du Plessix Gray, their saga combines romance, glamour, and pathos. Their adulation for success was as obsessive as their fierce, neurotic love for each other, and they treated everyone else—including Francine—with ruthless opportunism. Them is a work of Tolstoyan emotional power as well as a brilliant social history of its subjects' age.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · high confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography/Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography And Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & AdoptionMemoir & Personal HistoryFamily Biography

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and AutobiographyMajor2005WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Francine du Plessix Gray86%
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    • Alexander Liberman42%
    • Tatiana du Plessix Gray42%

  2. 02 Central places

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    • New York City60%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

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    In their parents’ saga as told by Francine du Plessix Gray, obsessive devotion to success and to one another coexists with ruthless opportunism toward others, including their daughter, shaping both personal tragedy and social history.

    Model confidence 55%

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.