Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls (Stories of the Rich & Famous, Famous Women) (Celebrating Women)

I personally enjoy reading biographies. This book was like reading a mini- series of some well known ladies & some not so well known. So often their money didn’t buy them happiness. I found the book to be entertaining & easy reading.

This was an interesting account of the lives of a number of wealthy women whose lives may have seemed as charmed from the outside looking in, but were anything but on the inside looking out. Mental health issues, abuse, drug addiction and more were experienced by many. Few found or had love, many had to pay for company. A fascinating look at the ultra high net worth women of the past. I read this book using immersion reading, while listening to the audio book. Narration by Susan Ericksen was rote and monotonous.

Nice read, series of brief biographies of wealthy women. I did like the convenience of reading a bio and then setting it down, without having to remember a narrative. Ultimate lesson, even vast wealth cannot insulate a person from heart ache.

This review was written by my 13 year old daughter.For the past four days, I have been reading an excellent book called Woman of Means by Marlene Wagman-Geller. It is a book that shares different stories about what the author called “poor little rich girls” and makes us think whether we would be happy if we were rich. All the chapters in this book are highly enjoyable and makes us ask questions about the rich and how they feel about their daily lives. This book truly makes you wonder about the lives of the rich and what they had to go through.My favorite chapter is called “A Facial Attraction” which is about a rich girl named Jocelyn Wildenstein who thought that plastic surgery that would make her more feline would please her husband since he liked lions. Obviously, this did not go well and she ended up addicted to cosmetic surgery to look even more like a cat. In the end, she divorced her husband and has a fiance named Lloyd Klein who is a designer. I thought this chapter was entertaining and a bit ironic due to the fact that she and her husband met on a safari. She is still alive today and still receives stares from the locals.I thought this book was amazing, fun to read, highly entertaining. It is a beautiful piece of nonfiction and I will probably read it again someday in the near future. This book caused me to think of many questions I had never thought of like “Are the rich truly happy?” or “How many people have been screwed up because of money?”. If i could rate this book I would give it five stars.

Loved the biographies of the Rich, heiresses, poor little rich girls. It seems there tragedies started when they were young . Many of their parents left their upbringing to Nannie’s and boarding schools. The money never meant as much to them because they had never been without it. They all seemed to be searching for love for them the person and not because they were rich. Money was certainly the root of all evil for them!

An interesting book, but some dates needed to be edited. Some dates didn't add up. For example a later marriage was said to have occurred on a date that was earlier than a previous marriage. Also there were a little too many literary quotes and such at the beginning of each chapter.

This is an easy, quick read. Each chapter is about a different woman who married into or inherited extreme wealth. Some of the women are from the nineteenth century, but quite a few are from modern times. After reading this book, you will likely wonder at the ways many very rich women have indulged in self-destruction and poor judgment. A quote at the beginning of each chapter presents an appropriate, sometimes humorous, moral to the upcoming tale. If there are errors, they are few. Overall, this is a book that makes the reader think about the value of money and the state of women in our society.

When I saw the cover I assumed it would be a story about the Gilded age. Although there were plenty of stories of that era there were more modern heiress as well. An excellent read. The research must have been exhausting.... ;)Thank you... I thoroughly enjoyed it.

This book was pretty funny. With each person the author summed up why they made this book, with a lot of humor. I had no idea about some of these people it was interesting to read about how these Women got themselves into such crazy situations. Boy oh boy what money will do.

Love all books on guided ageLife in detail of heiresses and how they fit in regal households

a very enjoyable read,such fascinating women,and a well written book.

One of the saddest anthologies of true tales I've read in 55 years. Money destroys happiness repeatedly in these reminders of what lack of morality, discipline and loving relationships can do to people.

The researcher should have been more through. Edwina Mountbatten died in 1960, 19 years before her husband and grandson were killed. She therefore did not grieve their loss in the years after.