Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir

Rosamond Bernier has lived an unusually full life��emarkable for its vividness and diversity of experience��nd she has known many (one is tempted to say all) of the greatest artists and composers of the twentieth century.

In Some of My Lives, Bernier has�made a kind of literary scrapbook from an extraordinary array of writings, ranging from�diary entries to her many contributions to the art journal L'OEIL, which she cofounded in 1955. The result is a multifaceted self-portrait of a life informed and surrounded by the arts.

Through the stories of her encounters with some of the twentieth century's great artists and composers��ncluding Pablo Picasso, Leonard Bernstein, Max Ernst, Aaron Copeland, Malcolm Lowry, and Karl Lagerfeld��e come to understand the sheer richness of Bernier's experiences, interactions, and memories. The result is pithy, hilarious, and wise�� richly rewarding chronicle of many�lives fully�lived.