The long-awaited book Millicent
Rogers: A Life in Full, by Art Bachrach, Nita Murphy, and Judith Nasse with
lengthy reminisces by Arturo Peralta-Ramos II, Millicent’s only surviving son
will be launched at Moby Dickens Bookshop on Saturday, December 22nd,
2 – 3:30 p.m.
Millicent Rogers was a mother, lover, active
in WWII espionage, designer of clothes, jewelry, and homes, friend of many
TaoseƱos and the Pueblo, and a most remarkable
woman of Taos.
Her life was short owing to a debilitating heart disease, yet she lived each
day to its fullest. The book is enriched
with never before seen family photographs and quotes from family and friends
that have been kept hidden until now as they were honoring Millicent’s desire for
privacy. She was followed uncompromisingly by the paparazzi of her day, and as
a result many untrue or distorted stories were printed about her and her sons.
This book offers a glimpse into the private Millicent, her thoughts, her daily
battle with pain, and her wide interest in literature, art, people from all
walks of life, and her unique loves, especially for her sons.
Dickens
is located in the John Dunn shops at 124
Bent Street. For further information call
575-758-3050 or go to www.mobydickens.com
Please join us at this special book signing and launch party. You can buy books then. The first 1,000 hardcover copies will not be re-printed and will become collector's items. After that the book will be in paperback only. To pre-order books go to www.mobydickens.com or call them at 575-758-3050.
Please join us at this special book signing and launch party. You can buy books then. The first 1,000 hardcover copies will not be re-printed and will become collector's items. After that the book will be in paperback only. To pre-order books go to www.mobydickens.com or call them at 575-758-3050.
REVIEWS:
Millicent Rogers was heir to an outrageous fortune, and
she led an outrageous life that was larger than life, even though lived in the
shadow of death. This book offers a wonderful account of Millicent’s complex
and glamorous existence. Her world travels, adventures in high society,
philanthropy and wartime intrigues, astonishing sojourn in New Mexico, and
numerous marriages and affairs with a titillating who’s-who of prominent
international rogues reads like Don
Quixote meets Gone with the Wind. The personal stories about their unique mother
recounted by Millicent’s sons enrich the narrative immensely. Thank you, Nita
Murphy, Art Bachrach, and Judith Nasse for capturing the essence of the quirky,
beautiful, and haunting Lady.
- John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War and his latest
book On Top of Spoon Mountain
Like many before and after her,
Millicent Rogers fell in love with Taos,
New Mexico. Quite simply, the place brought out the best
in her. After reading A Life in Full, the succinct account of
Millicent Roger’s remarkable life, I understand that Millicent’s best was quite
simply marvelous.
–Sharon Oard Warner, author of Deep in the Heart, Director of the UNM
Taos Summer Writer’s Conference, and faculty in the English Language
Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.