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Friday, April 7, 2023

The Girl in the White Gloves by Kerri Maher

 


The Girl in the White Gloves by Kerri Maher is a fictional story of Grace Kelly's rise to Hollywood fame and marriage to the Prince of Monaco.

Her story is not the happily-ever-after ending with a beautiful girl and prince in fairytales and her loneliness did not end when she left the glamor of Hollywood for the beautiful Mediterranean  principality of Monaco. Grace found that she had traded her domineering father, and controlling lovers (many of whom were married) for a prince and ruler of not just Monaco but also his family. One thing that surprised me was the pre-nuptial agreement that stated if the marriage broke down she would automatically lose her children, and that she was required to pay a two million dollar dowry to Prince Ranier (the book shows that her father contributed half the dowry). The sad ending to her life was a tragic car accident at the age of 52.