Dorothy May Kinnicutt Parish (��ister��to her family and friends) was born into a patrician family and grew up at the right schools, yacht clubs, and coming-out parties. Forced to work during the Depression, Parish combined her design ability with social connections to create a still-thriving successful interior decorating firm, Parish-Hadley. Her list of clients reads like an American Who�� Who, starting with Rockefellers, Astors, Whitneys, and Paleys. Parish�� style, marked by cozy, airy, colorful, but understated elegance, came to be known as ��merican country,��and its influence continues today. Compiled by Parish�� daughter and granddaughter, Sister Parish takes the reader right into the houses��nd lives��f some of the most fascinating people of this inimitable woman�� time.
