Martha Stewart - 9780313338939

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Martha StewartA Biography\nAuthor(s): Joann F. Price\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Greenwood Press\nISBN-13: 9780313338939, 978-0313338939\nSynopsis\nIn our fame-crazed culture, she's known as a diva of domesticity, entrepreneur, media magnate, and a living brand. She has legions of fans and at the same time, many detractors. To her fans, Martha Stewart is a homemaking maven, the do-it-yourself doyenne. To her detractors, she's taken the American woman backwards, espousing an unobtainable ideal. Love her or hate her, this much is true: Martha Stewart is a self-made woman who has risen from her modest upbringing to become one of the most successful and wealthiest businesswomen in history. This intriguing biography provides a balanced portrait of Martha Stewart's professional and personal life, from her childhood as the oldest daughter in a family of six children to her brief career as a securities trader, to becoming a bestselling aut.