Me & Issy

by Rosalie Wise Sharp

Me & Issy

  • ISBN-13: 9781778520600
  • Author(s): Rosalie Wise Sharp
  • Subject: Biography: general
  • Publisher: Ecw Press
  • Imprint: Ecw Press Digital
  • Publication Date: 06-09-2022
  • Format: Electronic book text

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'<p><b>The rags to riches tale of a larger-than-life romance of over seven decades</b></p> <p><i>Me &amp; Issy</i> 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.</p> <p>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 &amp; 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 emp
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'<p><b>The rags to riches tale of a larger-than-life romance of over seven decades</b></p> <p><i>Me &amp; Issy</i> 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.</p> <p>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 &amp; 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 emp

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