Intimate Memories, Volume Two: European Experiences Paperback – January 1, 2016

She was an amazing woman who had great courage to completely change her lifestyle by moving from the comforts of the upper class in New York to the then undeveloped area of Taos, New Mexico. In her memoirs, we learn what motivated her and how she was transformed by immersing herself in the Tiwua Indian culture where she found love and groundedness.

Got the book because I live in New Mexico and Mabel Dodge Luhan is a well known person here. I did not really enjoy thebook. She is not a good writer at all and so self involved it was hard to read at times. A trust fund hippie who did some good for otherartists but she was a very sad person with an unhappy life.

I gave it a 4 star rating; however, it was a gift so I don't anything about the book.

OK.

Wonderful....

This book is a great introduction to the life of Mabel Dodge Luhan. It is an abridged version of her FOUR VOLUME autobiography - three volumes of which are out of print. (The last volume of Luhan's autobiography, "Edge of Taos Desert: Escape to Reality" is the only one still in print.) Mabel Dodge Luhan led a fascinating life from being born into the "first circle" in Victorian Buffalo NY, to recreating a Renaissance villa in Florence, Italy, to her stint as a New York City "salon" hostess, to her discovery of the austere landscape of New Mexico and Native American philosophy. This abridged autobiography does omit explanations of some of the people Mabel encounters in her life so it may create momentary confusion, but these little hiccups are more than compensated for by the overall story Mabel weaves in her inimitable style, recounting her unique life. If you would like to learn more about the events in the life of Mabel Dodge Luhan which led to her epiphany in New Mexico - written in her own words - I highly recommend this book.

What an outrage and disappointment, this super organized, sanitized act of academic hubris by Rudnick. I suggest you compare this text with the real thing - Edge of Taos Desert to see what I mean. The "Rudnick" autobiography was a total waste of money. I don't think Mabel Dodge Luhan was the kind of woman who would have take kindly to being "abridged." Nor should she have been, when she wrote prose as compelling, honest, sensual and spiritual as found in Edge of Taos Desert. I hope to find an unabridged autobiography. Meanwhile I'm mailing this "autobiography" back to Rudnick.

Intimate memories is the autobiography of one of the most fascinating and influential women in artistic and intellectual circles of the US and Europe in the beginning of the 20th century. Mabel's writing is frank and engaging, and her story draws you in like an adventure novel. Her independent spirit and influence on writers, artists and intellectual luminaries of her time are awe-inspiring. This book is well-written and well edited, and I highly recommend it (and Im NOT just saying this because the editor is my mom)!