We Used To Own The Bronx: Memoirs Of a Former Debutante

Eve Pell has been on tour speaking to groups and book clubs from Maine to Florida and California. She has been interviewed on television, NPR and other radio stations. Her book has been praised by publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal to New York Social Diary and the San Francisco Chronicle. She's spoken to audiences old and young, from New York's Upper West Side to hip San Francisco bars and upscale enclaves like Ketchum, Boca Grande and Tuxedo Park.

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Eve Pell -- Blue Blood, Revolutionary, Reporter
Author profile in the Marin Independent Journal
NPR radio interview--from cotillions to the Black Panthers
www.freudyphotos.com: the world my parents and I grew up in.
Fabulous society photographs of WASPS at play and on display, including a section on Jackie Kennedy and her parents.
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Eve Pell gives interviews and talks on a variety of topics, including:

America's Upper Crust: How we are Raised to be Different--language as indicator of class (never call a sofa a couch); teaching kids their special place in society.

Decline of the American Wasp: Why High Society is lowering the bar and merging with celebrities.

Why Wealthy Socialites Want to Become Celebrities--and Vice Versa: From Brooke Astor to Tinsley Mortimer; from Babe Paley to Paris Hilton.

We Used to Own the Bronx
"Eve Pell gives us a fascinating glimpse into a secret world of unfathomable wealth and privilege. Hers is an unexpected and ultimately hopeful journey of rebellion and reconciliation.” — Jane Fonda. (Click here for more reviews)