“I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.”
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In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening.
I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.
Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.
I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?