The Price of Illusion

Many of us struggle to keep up illusions - whether it's illusions of status, money, fame, beauty, kindness or other things - while we are in denial about what this pretense is costing us. Today's guest, Joan Juliet Buck, is the author of The Price of Illusion, a dazzling memoir just out today, in which she shares her personal story of growing up in a family where illusion was everything! Ms. Buck's story begins living life as a 'princess' in a pink marble palace in Paris, the daughter of movie royalty. But, the fairy tale comes to a crashing halt when her father's movie studio falters. She devotes herself to recreating the 'champagne days' for her parents - including by becoming the editor in chief of Vogue Paris, and contributing editor and writer at all the exciting magazines anyone who has a literary sense dreams of working at. But, her life isn't all glamorous travel and parties, as keeping up illusion has a large price tag....