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Lädt ... All the Money in the Worldvon John Pearson
![]() Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. ![]() ![]() The story of J. Paul Getty and how his enormous wealth, $4 billion divided between nineteen heirs, wreaked havoc with the lives of his family. (summary from ISBN 0312135793) Fascinating look into the dysfunctional lives of the Getty family, starting with the man himself...J. Paul Getty whose miserliness and genuine inability to love and care for anyone paved the way for the dysfunction of the rest of the family. Admit it, we are all drawn to stories about the wealthy and their experiences with how they are affected by having too much moola. In reading this book, I thought about the story of King Midas, and how he wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. Of course, if the food you touch turns to gold, you can't eat. Getty touched too much food with his hands of gold. The book does a good job of explaining the Getty fortune and who was affected by it. This is really a family in turmoil, especially Monsieur Miser. The author also looks at the grandson who was kidnapped and had his ear cut off when the Miser didn't want to pay out. Still, Mr. Getty gave us the magnificent Getty Museum in Malibu and the fantastic Getty Museum in Brentwood. Thank you for that. Plus, I can remember seeing Gordon Getty using public transportation in San Francisco and just enjoying life. So, not everyone gets affected the wrong way with having too much gold, but beware the tides of Midas. Book Season = Summer Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML:Inspired by the most infamous incident involving the Getty family - now a major film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Williams and Oscar ® Nominee Christopher Plummer Oil tycoon J. Paul Getty created the greatest fortune in America - and came close to destroying his own family in the process. Of his four sons who reached manhood, only one survived relatively unscathed. One killed himself, one became a drug-addicted recluse and the third had to bear the stigma all his life of being disinherited in childhood. The unhappiness continued into the next generation, with the name Getty, as one journalist put it, 'becoming synonymous for family dysfunction'. Getty's once favourite grandson John Paul Getty III was kidnapped by the Italian mafia who cut off his ear to raise a ransom and, after a lifetime of drink and drugs, became a paraplegic. His granddaughter Aileen has AIDS. And the Getty family itself has been torn apart by litigation over their poisoned inheritance. But did the disaster have to happen? John Pearson, who has specialized in biographies of families as varied as the Churchills, the British Royal Family, the Devonshires and the Krays, sets out to find the answer. The result, first published in 1995, is a fascinating saga of an extraordinary dynasty. He traces much of the trouble to the bizarre character of the avaricious, sex-obsessed billionaire, J. Paul Getty himself - and demonstrates how much of his behaviour has been repeated in succeeding generations. He describes the famous kidnapping of his grandson in graphic detail, revealing how the old man's attitude added considerably to the boy's sufferings. And he shows how the family has coped with the latest modern scourges: drugs and AIDS. For All the Money in the World is not a hopeless story. While some of the family have been damaged by the Getty legacy, others have saved themselves from disaster, most notably the cricket-loving philanthropist, J. Paul Getty Jr. Pearson's moving story of his recovery from drugs and deep personal tragedy shows that there is hope for future generations of this stricken family - and demonstrates that money can be used to buy survival and even happines Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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