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A Privileged Life: Celebrating Wasp Style | 
 enlarge | Author: Susanna Salk
Publisher: Assouline
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 79459
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 170
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 7.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 275940126X
Dewey Decimal Number: 778
EAN: 9782759401260
ASIN: 275940126X
Publication Date: April 2007
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Pretty but light on substance November 9, 2008
Flip through it at the library or bookstore..but not a worthy addition to the home collection.
a narrow picture April 6, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I found this book disappointing. it is a very shallow superficial look at a really interesting subject. It goes into no depth whatsoever, and the only wasps she knows anything about or portrays are her small new england family. It seems to be a strictly commercial try at making a little money with virturaly no real research or information.
 Thought it was a parody. January 29, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
The bookstore owner and I thought it was a parody, especially given the cover photograph. We paged through this book looking for evidence of humor or perhaps even depth in the analysis of the privileged life. We found neither.
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1 out of 14 found this review helpful
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Big Ego, Little Info November 14, 2007
46 out of 48 found this review helpful
This book breaks the cardinal rule of WASP style-- discretion! The book is basically all about the author, how very WASPy her upbringing was, and what paragons of style her various family members were. As if being born in a rich New England family was some sort of personal achievement. I agree with another reviewer that it could have been really interesting minus the self-absorption and plus information to make it relevant to readers who aren't personal friends of the author or her family-- some discussion of history, architecture, design and so on. As it is, flipping through for five minutes at the bookstore or library should be plenty to get the full effect, there's no need to buy the book.
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