Trio: Oona Chaplin, Carol Matthau, Gloria Vanderbilt : Portrait of an Intimate Friendship

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Summary: Trio: An Intimate Journey Shared
Review: I am writing this review because Carole Matthau passed away today. When Trio came out and I was happily married, I grabbed it and read it because I was interested in three cool women who lived exciting lives. I read it again when I was lost in the process of marital separation because I remembered that the stories of these women's lives felt so real. And they are! This book is a treasure. If you can find a copy, by all means read it and pass it on to your friends. I found my Walter because Carole found hers, I recognized the value of friendship because this book portrays real friendship so well.

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Summary: A Life of Her Own
Review: I found this book, and the friendships of the three women, completely captivating. More than the fame that surrounded them, what entranced me was their enduring friendship. I thought Aram Saroyan's grasp of women's relationships unusually astute and loving.
After reading TRIO, I found myself looking for more information about all three of the main characters. I recommend this often, and even purchased an additional copy just to loan out.

Rating:
Summary: A Life of Her Own
Review: I found this book, and the friendships of the three women, completely captivating. More than the fame that surrounded them, what entranced me was their enduring friendship. I thought Aram Saroyan's grasp of women's relationships unusually astute and loving.
After reading TRIO, I found myself looking for more information about all three of the main characters. I recommend this often, and even purchased an additional copy just to loan out.

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Summary: Trio
Review: I'm just about finished with this book and it's fascinating. The book starts with the three girls as teenager's and you soon realize that these famous women are very human just like the rest of us. They deal with love, relationships, children, and careers. Granted, they started out on a higher monetary level (for the most part) and associated and socialized with the more privileged, but their fears, woes, etc. were the same as anyones.

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Summary: Fascinating!
Review: This is a fascinating book about three fascinating women who had been best friends since childhood. One woman, Gloria Vanderbilt, has a reputation that speaks for itself. Oona is the daughter of Eugene O'Neill, and she married Charlie Chaplin, who was decades older than she was. They had a long and happy marriage, and many children together. Carol Matthau's first husband was William Saroyan, and she is the mother of the author. After a disastrous first marriage, she married Walter Matthau before he was either rich or famous. Collectively, the three young women personified the concept of synergy, of one plus one plus one adding up to much more than simply three. They all were the debutantes of Cafe Society in New York in that happy moment just after the end of World War II, the favorites of the gossip columns of that era. Aram Saroyan has written a touching valentine to his mother and her best friends.

Rating:
Summary: Fascinating!
Review: This is a fascinating book about three fascinating women who had been best friends since childhood. One woman, Gloria Vanderbilt, has a reputation that speaks for itself. Oona is the daughter of Eugene O'Neill, and she married Charlie Chaplin, who was decades older than she was. They had a long and happy marriage, and many children together. Carol Matthau's first husband was William Saroyan, and she is the mother of the author. After a disastrous first marriage, she married Walter Matthau before he was either rich or famous. Collectively, the three young women personified the concept of synergy, of one plus one plus one adding up to much more than simply three. They all were the debutantes of Cafe Society in New York in that happy moment just after the end of World War II, the favorites of the gossip columns of that era. Aram Saroyan has written a touching valentine to his mother and her best friends.