New Book 'Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens' Available Now

Edith Bouvier Beale (1917-2002) is best known for her appearance in the critically acclaimed 1976 documentary Grey Gardens. The film, now available on DVD, inspired Grey Gardens, The Musical, which opened on Broadway November 2, 2006.  The show was nominated for 10 Tony Awards in 2007, and won 3 prizes including one for Best Actress Christine Ebersole in the role of Edith Bouvier Beale.

Fashion designers Philip Lim and John Galliano recently paid tribute to Edith Bouvier Beale on the runways of Paris. The filming of the up-coming HBO movie starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lang began last month in Toronto, and a rare interview with Edie has just been released on CD.

Who was this woman who appeared in Grey Gardens aside from being the first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill? Who really was this woman of mystery at the center of attention when her East Hampton estate was raided back in the early 1970's for insanity health conditions?

In her journal of 1928, Eva Marie Beale creator of this project said that Edith Bouvier Beale wrote a title as follows "Edith Beale, the celebrated poet, author, and artist." Now, in the new book "Edith Bouvier Beale of  Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures" (Verlhac Editions – 155 pages $59, www.edithbouvierbealeofgreygardens.com) Verlhac Editions and Eva Marie Beale have teamed up with the Estate of Edith Bouvier Beale and her family to present this first ever family-sponsored book about Edith Bouvier Beale.

The Life in Pictures book series designed and edited by Pierre-Henri Verlhac (Anne Verlhac editor for this book)  have included John Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr, The Pope, Grace Kelly, Paul Newman, Marilyn Monroe, and now Edith Bouvier Beale.  She would have been pleased to be among this group of celebrated individuals. 

Edith Bouvier Beale (also known as 'Little Edie') was born on the day the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace of the Tsar of Russia, which initiated the biggest and most far reaching revolution of the Twentieth Century. This seems an apt metaphor and an appropriate starting point for the life of this extraordinary American woman" writes Bouvier Beale, Jr. in the introduction to this book.

The book features poetry, photos of Little Edie with her mother and father, her brothers Phelan (Phe) Beale and Bouvier (Buddy) Beale.  The photographs of Edith at a young age are quite stunning and tell a chronological story of her life at Grey Gardens.

The book "Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures" can be pre-ordered now for this first print edition by visiting the website www.edithbouvierbealeofgreygardens.com.  

Also coming soon is the company "Grey Gardens Collections" a company created by Eva Marie Beale featuring goods inspired by Edith Bouvier Beale.  For more information visit www.greygardenscollections.com