My Three Fathers: And the Elegant Deceptions of My Mother, Susan Mary Alsop

Bill Patten

ISBN 10: 1586485555 / ISBN 13: 9781586485559

Published by PublicAffairs, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Three Fathers: And the Elegant Deceptions of My Mother, Susan Mary Alsop
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586485555
• ISBN 13: 9781586485559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Bill Patten grew up in the heart of privileged society to American parents—a debutante mother, a diplomatic father—stationed in Europe. Weekends away from his English boarding school were often spent at the regal country estates of important policy makers and historical figures of the mid-twentieth century. When Bill was twelve years old, his father, William Patten, died, and his mother remarried the renowned columnist Joe Alsop. Patten was swept into Washington during the Kennedy years, where he bore witness to his stepfather's legendary power-brokering, and watched a very different father figure at work.

In 1996, when he was forty-seven years old, Bill Patten learned that his biological father was not William Patten, but the noted English diplomat, Duff Cooper. In this quest to know his triumvirate of fathers, Bill Patten offers an unforgettable memoir. My Three Fathers is a search for identity—and a luscious chronicle of a fascinating, bygone era of American aristocracy.

About the Author

Bill Patten is a businessman with thirty years experience in real estate development. From 1978 to 1996 he published weekly newspapers in Maine. He has three children, two stepchildren, and three grandchildren. He lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, with his wife and stepdaughter.