The Rainbow Comes and Goes - Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt

My digital holds from the Hawaii State Library have all become available within the past few weeks!!  It's almost too much to handle.  Fortunately this is a really easy read, and it's relatively short.

The first half of the book (what I've read so far) focuses on Gloria's early life, and how her inheritance money was a source of struggle between her grandmother and mother, with her nanny and Aunt thrown into the mix.  She was unfortunately caught in the middle of all of that.

The book is a series of e-mails between Gloria and Anderson, and though the primary focus is on Gloria, Anderson also reveals details about his upbringing, his disappointments and accomplishments, and his feelings about his family.

2/17 update:  There is a wonderful passage where Gloria explains that forgiveness comes with understanding the reason why something happens, not accepting full responsibility, and acceptance of  others' failings.

Another passage echoes what the Dalai Lama says:  "It is very easy to simply define yourself by your job, your title, your salary, but these rarely give you feelings of long-term success and happiness."

In her final letter to Anderson, Gloria says "We are told the fable ends with a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  But does it?  I have no answer, except to say, the rainbow comes and goes, and really, isn't that enough?"  What a beautiful outlook.