7 rows · · A gripping examination of the dark side of an iconic American product and a moving portrait of the Brand: Little, Brown and Company. In , Allie Rowbottom's great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor for $ The sale would turn out to be one of the most profitable business deals in American history, and the generations that followed enjoyed immense privilege - but they were also haunted by suicides, cancer, alcoholism, and mysterious ailments/5(). Jell-O Girls — Rowbottom, Allie, — An examination of the dark side of an iconic American product and a portrait of the women who lived in the shadow of its fractured fortune, this book is a family history, a feminist history, and a story of motherhood, love and loss. In crystalline prose, Rowbottom considers the roots of trauma not only in her own family, but in the American psyche as well.
Allie Rowbottom was holed up in a cabin in Montana several years ago when she started writing Jell-O Girls: A Family History, which was released on July 24, but she didn't know at the time how a project with "so many seemingly disparate narrative threads" would come together."I wanted to tell the story of the impact of our cultural push toward domesticity (and later, women's push. In , Allie Rowbottom's great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor for $ The sale would turn out to be one of the most profitable business deals in American history, and the generations that followed enjoyed immense privilege but they were also haunted by suicides, cancer, alcoholism and mysterious ailments. More than years later, Allie's mother Mary. JELL-O GIRLS A FAMILY HISTORY. by Allie Rowbottom ‧ RELEASE DATE: J. Rowbottom chronicles her relationship to a legendary American food brand and the dark underside of its history. Jell-O was the author's "birthright." Purchased by her mother's great-great-great-uncle in for $, the company was sold for $67 million.
An examination of the dark side of an iconic American product and a portrait of the women who lived in the shadow of its fractured fortune, JELL-O GIRLS is a family history, a feminist history, and a story of motherhood, love and loss. A gripping examination of the dark side of an iconic American product and a moving portrait of the women who lived in the shadow of its fractured fortune, Jell-O Girls is a family history, a feminist history, and a story of motherhood, love and loss. In crystalline prose Rowbottom considers the roots of trauma not only in her own family, but in the American psyche as well, ultimately weaving a story that is deeply personal, as well as deeply connected to the collective female experience. Jell-O Girls is the liberation of that story. A gripping examination of the dark side of an iconic American product and a moving portrait of the women who lived in the shadow of its fractured fortune, Jell-O Girls is a family history, a feminist history, and a story of motherhood, love and loss.
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