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Janny Scott: Secrets and stories of a prosperous family

Janny Scott: Secrets and stories of a prosperous family

Released Thursday, 18th April 2019
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Janny Scott: Secrets and stories of a prosperous family

Janny Scott: Secrets and stories of a prosperous family

Janny Scott: Secrets and stories of a prosperous family

Janny Scott: Secrets and stories of a prosperous family

Thursday, 18th April 2019
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In her memoir, The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father, journalist JANNY SCOTT delves into the history of her wealthy Main Line family and their long buried secrets. Scott grew up in a privileged, blue-blood family on the Main Line outside Philadelphia. Her grandmother was said to be the inspiration for the socialite character Tracy Lord played by Katharine Hepburn in film,The Philadelphia Story. But it wasn’t all glamourous. As Scott discovers – there was a suicide, extramarital affairs, absent parents and her own father’s struggle with alcoholism and depression. Scott comes in to talk about her childhood, about class, and about the family that she uncovered.

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