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George Hodgman

Born

in Moberly, Mo., The United States

January 30, 1959

Died

July 20, 2019

Genre

Memoir

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George Hodgman was an editor at Vanity Fair magazine and at publishing houses. When he became unemployed in 2011, he left New York City to go to his mother's house in Missouri to help care for her. He thought it was going to be a temporary move, but he stayed with her for four years. He wrote a memoir, Bettyville, about the experience. ...more

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A lot of my favorite urban spaces are the ones that feel secret, an unexpected w...

A lot of my favorite urban spaces are the ones that feel secret, an unexpected world behind a wall, a door, or a gate in the middle of a contrasting urban atmosphere. So it was a special treat to read at artist/architect Frank Schlagger's studio/residence near the Hill in St. Louis. The place began life as movie theater, but it has had lots of lives. I met some fabulous, smart, hip people--really Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 22, 2015 12:11

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Average rating: 3.74 · 8,250 ratings · 1,326 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bettyville: A Memoir 3.74 avg rating — 8,228 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Write, Edit, and Publish Your Memoir: Advice from a Best-Selling Memoirist: With Tips from 6 More Memoirists by Carolyn Jourdan (Goodreads Author), Bob Tarte (Goodreads Author), Mark Garrison 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[(Bettyville: A Memoir)] [Author: George Hodgman] published on (April, 2015) by George Hodgman, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bettyville: A Memoir by George Hodgman (2016-02-03) by George Hodgman, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I am doing my best here. I will make it back to New York, but frankly, to spend some time in Paris, Missouri, is to come to question the city, where it is normal to work 24/7, tapping away on your BlackBerry for someone who will fire you in an instant, but crazy to pause to help someone you love when they are falling.”
― George Hodgman, Bettyville: A Memoir

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“I can never be a person who has not made mistakes. But I can be someone honest who has lived through them: one of those who look you square in the eye and say, 'This is how it has been, and it is okay.”
― George Hodgman

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“The thing about being a watcher is this: You are never really a part of things, especially if the person you must watch is yourself, always, just to make sure no one ever really sees you. .”
― George Hodgman, Bettyville: A Memoir

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