Me & Issy
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Me & Issy

A Four Seasons Romance

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Me & Issy

A Four Seasons Romance

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The rags to riches tale of a larger-than-life romance of over seven decades

Me & Issy is a love story about how a troubled and deprived child chanced to meet a man who worshipped her, brought her a fantasy life of four boys and extraordinary opulence — and banished her self-doubt. She in turn was awestruck and mystified by his acumen and daring during his founding of the Four Seasons Hotels.

Beginning with her childhood in North Toronto, in a very Jewish home surrounded by non-Jews, Rosalie enchants us with anecdotes about her family, Isadore Sharp's family, and the growth of their own in the light of the expanding Four Seasons chain. How did she go to the Ontario College of Art & Design while simultaneously raising four rambunctious boys? How did Issy open hotel after hotel with only his collateral of confidence and charisma? Rosalie is a rapt follower of his astonishing success and the first fan of his legendary town hall talks to 40, 000 employees.

And with success came tragedy. The devastating death of their son Chris shook them, but they coped. Here, all of Rosalie's life is opened up for viewing, the good and the bad, the success and the failures, but especially her inspired romance with Issy. In the words of their second eldest son, Greg, "Their mutual love and respect growing stronger over the past 69 years is as extraordinary as it is beautiful."

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Publisher
ECW Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9781778520594
Topic
Scienze sociali
Subtopic
Biografie nell'ambito delle scienze sociali

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Painting I
  3. Photo of Isadore and Rosalie Wise Sharp
  4. Introduction
  5. Painting II
  6. Chapter One: Snooping around in the Past
  7. Painting II
  8. Chapter Two: Girl Meets Boy
  9. Painting IV
  10. Chapter Three: Paths across the Sky
  11. Painting V
  12. Chapter Four: Growing Up the Hard Way
  13. Images I
  14. Painting VI
  15. Chapter Five: None of the World’s Goods
  16. Painting VII
  17. Chapter Six: The Wind in the Willows
  18. Painting VIII
  19. Chapter Seven: The Lost Genes
  20. Painting IX
  21. Chapter Eight: High School Capers
  22. Painting X
  23. Chapter Nine: Go Together like a Horse and Carriage
  24. Painting XI
  25. Chapter Ten: Our Dream House
  26. Images II
  27. Painting XII
  28. Chapter Eleven: What Flower Is That?
  29. Painting XIII
  30. Chapter Twelve: Disaster at Its Worst
  31. Painting XIV
  32. Chapter Thirteen: Not a Decorator
  33. Painting XV
  34. Chapter Fourteen: A Train across India
  35. Painting XVI
  36. Chapter Fifteen: Our Last House
  37. Painting XVII
  38. Chapter Sixteen: 260 Oil-on-Canvasses
  39. Acknowledgements
  40. About the Author
  41. Copyright