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Being a Rockefeller, becoming myself : a memoir / Eileen Rockefeller.

by Rockefeller, Eileen, 1952-

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New York : Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), c2013.

Rockefeller, Eileen, 1952-

Rockefeller, David, 1915- -- Family.

Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937 -- Family.

Rockefeller family.

Women philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.

Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.

Rich people -- United States -- Biography.

9780399164088 (hardback)

0399164081 (hardback)

319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Author's note: The presence of peonies -- The story I didn't want to tell -- Welcome home -- Setting the stage -- First loss -- Feeling different as a family -- The smallest count -- "You shot the rabbits?" -- Maid to order -- A safe harbor -- Staying afloat -- A place to relax -- Jagged edges -- Through a door in the woods -- It doesn't matter where you start -- Pulling together -- Music lessons -- Cultivating love -- You can lead them to the water... -- Roadblocks -- Graduating -- Gifts given -- Learning resilience -- Georgia O'Keeffe speaks -- Male mentors -- Dreaming my husband -- The first years -- Gorilla on my shoulder -- Time for being -- Launching the mind/body field -- At the foot of the ladder -- In the fire -- Dancing among the stars -- Primal parenting -- A good Christmas -- Working with emotional intelligence -- I wouldn't admit it if I were you -- In the nest of my heart -- Putting the heart into practice -- Tearing down the fence -- Cleaning house -- Passing the torch -- Planting seeds -- Out of the canyon -- Courage -- One last look.

"A daughter of American royalty, Eileen Rockefeller is one of the first in her family to write a memoir of growing up with fame and fortune and finding her own voice within its storied history"--

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