Beer Money: A Memoir of Privilege and Loss **SIGNED 1st Edition /1st Printing + Photo**

Stroh, Frances

ISBN 10: 0062393154 / ISBN 13: 9780062393159

Published by Harper, 2016

About this Item

Signed in person by Frances Stroh directly on the title page. NOT signed to anyone. Photos of Frances Stroh at the book signing event will be included with the signed book. 1st Edition/ 1st printing with a full number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Hardcover. Book is BRAND NEW and UNREAD, opened only for signing. No marks, no inscription. Not a book club edition, not an ex-library. Dust jacket is new, not price clipped, in a removable, protective clear cover. This is a beautiful autographed first edition for collectors. Makes a great gift. Seller Inventory # 001210

Bibliographic Details

Title: Beer Money: A Memoir of Privilege and Loss *...

Publisher: Harper

Publication Date: 2016

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

In the tradition of Rich Cohen’s Sweet and Low and Sean Wilsey’s Oh the Glory of it All, a memoir of a city, an industry, and a dynasty in decline, and the story of a young artist’s struggle to find her way out of the ruins.

Frances Stroh’s earliest memories are ones of great privilege: shopping trips to London and New York, lunches served by black-tied waiters at the Regency Hotel, and a house filled with precious antiques, which she was forbidden to touch. Established in Detroit in 1850, by 1984 the Stroh Brewing Company had become the largest private beer fortune in America and a brand emblematic of the American dream itself; while Stroh was coming of age, the Stroh family fortune was estimated to be worth $700 million.

But behind the beautiful façade lay a crumbling foundation. Detroit’s economy collapsed with the retreat of the automotive industry to the suburbs and abroad and likewise the Stroh family found their wealth and legacy disappearing. As their fortune dissolved in little over a decade, the family was torn apart internally by divorce and one family member's drug bust; disagreements over the management of the business; and disputes over the remaining money they possessed. Even as they turned against one another, looking for a scapegoat on whom to blame the unraveling of their family, they could not anticipate that even far greater tragedy lay in store.

Featuring beautiful evocative photos throughout, Stroh’s memoir is elegantly spare in structure and mercilessly clear-eyed in its self-appraisal—at once a universally relatable family drama and a great American story.

About the Author:

Frances Stroh  was born in Detroit and raised in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She received her BA from Duke University and her MA from the Chelsea College of Arts in London as a Fulbright Scholar. She practiced as an installation artist, exhibiting in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London, before turning to writing. She lives in San Francisco, California.