by Gail Sheehy
Colwin, Laurie, 217–18
Communists, 25–26
composite characters (literary device), 146–48
Condé Nast, 316, 317
“Confessions of a Youth Marketeer” (Tobias), 94–95
conglomerates, media, GS comments about, 334
Conley, John, 376–77
Cook, Blanche Wiesen, 337
cookbooks, 68
Copeland, Aaron, 89
Copsey, Earl, 322
copy editing, 216–17
Cosmopolitan magazine, 73, 79, 103,115, 136
Costelloe, Robin, 198–99
Council, Ella, 206–7, 206, 220, 292, 356, 408, 412, 422
Court TV (reality TV), 100
Cox, Don, 89
criminal underworld, 95
Crow, Elizabeth, 242
Cuban Missile Crisis, 59–60
cultural interpreter, GS as, 138
Curtin, Jane, 183
Daily Beast, 278, 333, 457
Dalai Lama, 310
dancing school, GS in, 19, 22
Dando, Evan, 228
Dando, Holly, 228
Dando, Susan Schmedes, 228–29, 233
Daniels, Judith, 242
daring, in GS’s life, 458–60
Darvy. See Heder, Darvy
Davis, John, 154
Davis, Myrna, 339
Davis, Paul, 339
De Luca, Carla, 387
Deacy, Jack, 200–201, 202
Delacorte publishing, 149
Della Bella, Jimmy, 142
Democratic National Convention (Miami, 1972), 165–66, 167
Denby, William, 336
Derry, Northern Ireland, Bloody Sunday in, 158–60, 162, 316
Diablo Canyon Power Plant, GS writings about, 250
Dickerson, Nancy, 226
Diller, Barry, 266
divorce: and Clay-GS relationship, 183; of Clay-Tiffin, 14, 51, 52, 116; of Henions (Harold and Lillian), 42–43
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (New York City), Clay-GS at, 444–45
“Dobbin case,” 202–3
Dobell, Byron, 93, 99, 257, 260–61, 314, 449
Dobell, Elizabeth, 314
Doctorow, E. L., 336–37
dogs, 205, 295, 301, 302, 455, 458
Dole, Bob, 329
Donaldson, Sam, 61
Doubleday publishers, 70
Drake, Peter, 77–78
drugs, Trish and, 104–9, 110–12
Dublin, Ireland, GS house in, 200–202
Duggan, Dennis, 202
Dukakis, Michael, 329
Dutton, Fred, 62, 64, 208
Dutton publishers, 208, 210, 216, 217, 273
Dystel, Oscar, 230
East Side Express, 330, 332, 334, 390
Eating (Epstein), 68
Ebersole, Christine, 155, 455, 456
editors: GS’s experiences with, 278–79; writers’ relationship with, 270–72. See also specific person
Egypt, GS trip to, 276–78
Ehrenreich, Barbara, 368
Eisenberg, Lee, 98
Elaine’s (New York City restaurant), 238, 239
elections of 1968, 58–66, 173, 322–23
elections of 1972, 172, 175
elections of 1984, 318, 321, 330–31
elections of 1988, 321–24, 328, 329
elections of 1992, 393, 397–98
elections of 1994, 399
elections of 1996, 399–400
elections of 2008, 333–34, 405, 437–39
Elizabeth (Queen of England), 161
Emerson, Ken, 226–27
Encounter (drug treatment program), 109, 111–12, 115
English, Dierdre, 333
Ensler, Eve, 128
Ephron, Nora, 245–46
Epstein, Jason, 68
Erikson, Erik, 186, 213, 219
Erpf, Armand, 86, 111, 246, 247; dinner party at apartment of, 125–29
Erpf, Sue, 125, 126, 128–29
Espionage Act, 171
Esquire magazine: Bernard leaves, 83; Clay at, 53–54, 81, 128; Clay’s acquisition of, 100, 243, 268, 270; Dobell at, 99; Hayes at, 98; Latham as editor at, 95–96; Life History Questionnaire in, 274; Sadat interview for, 276–78, 317; Steinem at, 83, 128; Talese profile of Sinatra in, 147
Ethical Cultural Center (New York City), Clay’s memorial at, 447–48
Evans, Harry, 279, 368–69
Evers, Medgar, 5
Fadner, Kenneth, 246–47, 249, 251, 269
failure: and characteristics of pathfinders, 275; GS’s fear of, 227–28
Fairchild Publications, 382
Fantl, Larry, 115
farm, New York, GS getaway to, 440
Farrow, Mia, 76
Feiffer, Jules, 98
Feinstein, Dianne, 372
Felker, Carl (father), 53, 252
Felker, Clay: antique interests of, 241–42; apartment of, 116–17, 310, 386, 443; appearance of, 13, 57, 82, 241; as bachelor-about-town, 184; as businessman, 237, 249, 269; cancer of, 375, 376–77, 406–13, 420, 434–35, 445–46; childhood and youth of, 53; core passion of, 382, 385; cycle of slow dying of, 420–21, 433–35, 439–40, 442–45; death of, 445–46; descent of, 383; dreams/aspirations of, 53–54, 57, 435; eating habits of, 120; European vacation of, 208, 209; family background of, 52–53; family meetings with, 439–40; fatherhood and, 313; favorite movie of, 170; fears of, 377; financial affairs of, 238, 241–42; funeral for, 439, 446–47; happiness of, 440; heart problems of, 386–87; lawyers for, 100; legacy of, 447; loyalty of, 86; marriage/divorce of, 14, 51, 52, 116; memorial for, 447–48; and “midlife crisis,” 215; in nursing home, 421, 429–30; other women and, 243; palliative care for, 434–35, 440–41, 442–43; personality of, 80, 81, 180, 237, 243; photographs of, 181, 378, 415; professional background of, 53–54; recognition for, 374; romantic flings of, 207; self-confidence of, 186, 266; as self-made man, 186; serious chronic illness of, 421; signature promise of, 92; socializing of, 96–97; speaking/swallowing problems of, 410–13; staff loyalty to, 98; and stages of development, 215; style of, 96, 97; as success, 248–49; tributes to, 89; views about New York City of, 82; views about women of, 12–13, 53, 97–98, 330; voice of, 13–14, 80; and woman as vice president, 330; and women journalists, 97–98; and women’s movement, 90–91, 125–29, 130, 131–33; writers’ relationship with, 51. See also Felker-GS relationship; specific person or topic
Felker, Cora Tyree (mother), 53
Felker Fest, 388–91
Felker-GS relationship: Allen-GS discussion about, 411–12; Angeles and, 168–69; and Asia trip, 280–83; Birdwhistell’s “free bird” concept and, 184, 191; California move and, 385, 386–91, 392; and Cambodian adoptions, 283, 284; children and, 185; and Clay as GS’s protector, 426; and Clay as love of GS’s life, 425, 459; and Clay as mentor for GS, 208, 219, 440, 443; and Clay’s advice to GS, 58; Clay’s cancer and, 411–12; Clay’s cycle of slow death and, 433–35, 442–45; and Clay’s pulling out of feeding tube, 440–41; and Clay’s ultimatum to GS, 189, 193; Clay’s views about, 207–9; and Clay’s visits to GS’s Lower East Side apartment, 55–58, 66; commitment in, 193, 208, 210; and early days of living together, 120–24; emotions and, 123–24, 170, 183–84, 310; and family/family life, 183–84, 312, 406; fears in, 295–96; and Fox-GS relationship, 272; Graham and, 192–93; and GS as bachelor woman, 200; and GS as caregiver, 426, 433–37, 439–40, 442–43; and GS as center of Clay’s life, 409; GS moves back in with, 256; and GS in perimenopause/menopause, 360–62; and GS at Washington party, 189–91; GS’s Algonquin lunch with, 50–54; and GS’s daring, 459; and GS’s drinking problem, 430–31; and GS’s first professional exposure to Clay, 13–15; and GS’s first time in Clay’s apartment, 116–17; GS’s fortieth birthday party and, 233; GS’s memories of, 443; GS’s play about, 451; and GS’s smoking, 129; GS’s views about, 182–93; and GS’s wardrobe, 225; Hamptons and, 150, 182–83, 187–88, 221, 231–32; happiness of, 316, 381–82; interdependence of, 397; and Italian trip, 228; Lond
on trip and, 310–12; Los Angeles trip and, 250; magnetism between, 207, 294; and marriage of Clay and GS, 311–15, 459; Maura and, 118, 121, 122–23, 168, 204, 221, 228, 256, 303, 310, 312, 315; and Maura-GS relationship, 292; and “midlife crisis,” 215; Mohm and, 293, 294–96, 299, 303, 310, 312, 315; Newhouse (Nancy) and, 187–88, 189, 192; as powerful, 374; problems in, 187–91, 296; and professional activities, 116, 119–20, 121; push-pull attraction between, 118–19; role of marriage in, 183–86, 296, 311; romantic obsession in, 119; and Saint Martin’s vacation, 266–68; separation in, 193, 210, 293, 296; sexual relationship between, 117, 120, 267; “sleepovers” and, 118–20; social activities and, 121–22, 125–29; Tiffin letter about, 207. See also specific topic or event
Felker Magazine Center (University of California, Berkeley), 388–91
The Feminine Mystique (Friedan), 133–34
feminism. See women’s movement; specific person or organization
Ferraro, Geraldine, 330–33, 334
Fifth Avenue (New York City), women’s march up, 134–35
financial affairs: and Brown’s offer to GS, 79; of Clay, 238, 241–42; Clay’s medical costs and, 421–24; Gould lawsuit and, 220; and GS-Albert’s divorce, 49, 185; and GS as bestselling author, 230; and GS as freelance writer, 203–4; of Henion family, 27, 44, 230; Maura’s education and, 203; Passages and, 210, 219, 230, 231–32, 273, 422, 426; Pathfinders and, 273; and sale of Hamptons house, 421–25, 426, 427–28; The Silent Passage and, 369, 370–71; stock market rise and, 414
Finkelstein, Jerry, 99
Fire Island co-ed houses, GS story about, 14–15
Fleur, Richard, 74–75
Flom, Joe, 100, 254
Flowers, Gennifer, 393–94
Flypaper People, GS story about, 14–15
Food and Drug Administration, U.S. (FDA), 364
Ford, Buffy, 62
Ford, Gerald, 93
Fordham University, Trish as Ph.D. graduate of, 115
Fortune magazine, impact of New York magazine on, 102
Four Seasons (New York City restaurant), 13–14, 55, 100, 205, 221
Fox, Joe, 271–72
“The Fractured Family” (Sheehy), 138
France: Clay-GS trip to, 412–13, 414; and GS writings about French behavior on beaches, 228. See also Paris, France
Franklin National Bank, collapse of, 93–94
Freedom Riders, 5
Freud, Sigmund, 210–11
Friedan, Betty, 131, 133–34, 135, 336
Friends Seminary, 303
Friends Service Committee, 303
Frost, David, 173, 177, 178–79, 180, 181, 200, 314, 342, 453
Gainsborough Studios, 271–72
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 243
gay culture, 95
Gekko, Gordon, 335
Getty, J. Paul, 154
Gilbert, Ruth, 101
Gingrich, Arnold, 54
Ginna, Margaret, 223, 231, 455
Ginna, Robert Emmett, 223, 339, 449, 454–58
girl with hungry eyes. See Mohm
Glaser, Milton, 80–83, 90, 92, 93, 102, 110, 224, 247, 251, 260, 263–64, 314–15, 389
Gold, Ted, 88
Goldsmith, Barbara, 12–13, 84–86, 125, 126, 127, 129
Goldstein, Tom, 382
Good Fellas (movie), 95
Goodman, Jerry, 248
Googled (Auletta), 94
Gorbachev: The Making of the Man Who Changed the World (Sheehy), 354–57, 393
Gorbachev, Mikhail: downfall of, 357; “emotional accidents” of, 354; GS’s fantasy play about, 358; GS’s study of and writings about, 341, 350–57, 365, 366, 371, 393; Nobel Peace Prize for, 356, 357; Reagan and, 348, 349; Thatcher and, 347–49, 357–58; Véronique and, 347
Gorbachev, Raisa, 349
Gordon, Max, 153
Gore, Albert, Jr., 329
Gould, Roger, 218–20
Grace Church School, Maura at, 122, 203
Graham, Caroline Cushing, 180
Graham, Donald, 243
Graham, Katherine “Kay”: and Clay-Lally Weymouth relationship, 207; and Clay-Murdoch relationship, 236–37; Clay’s relationship with, 170, 171–72, 192–93, 207, 266; Kissinger dinner party and, 170–71, 172–73, 175–76, 178, 192; Mitchell’s (John) comment about, 179; and Murdoch-Clay problems, 253; and New York magazine acquisition, 253, 255–56; and publication of The Pentagon Papers, 170, 171–72, 175; and Village Voice, 253, 255; Watergate story and, 176; Weymouth’s relationship with, 243
Graham, Phil, 170
Grand Central Station (New York City), GS’s youthful trips to, 25–26, 459
Grand Central Station (radio show), 24
Grand Magic Vitamin Experiment, Nate’s, 107–9, 110, 111
Great Depression, 22, 27
“The Great Valentine’s Day Uprising” (Sheehy and Dobell), 99
Greed and Glory on Wall Street (Auletta), 94
The Greely Street News, as Clay’s first broadsheet, 53
Greene, Gael, 245
Gregorian, Vartan, 374
Grey Gardens (documentary), 155
Grey Gardens (musical), 155–56
Grifo, Jamie, 364
Guber, Lynda, 366
Guber, Peter, 366
Gubernick, Lisa, 330
Guinness, Gloria, 6
gun control, Kennedy campaign and, 62–63, 66
H., Dr., 407–8
Halberstam, David, 89, 246, 317
Hamill, Pete, 202, 242, 389
Hamilton, Eva McCall, 191
Hamptons: Beale family in the, 150–56; Clay and GS in, 150, 221, 231, 415, 415, 425–27; and Clay-GS relationship, 150, 182–83, 187–88; GS’s house in, 231–33, 415, 415, 421–28; and Kraft-Clay relationship, 173. See also Sag Harbor
happiness: of Clay, 440; in Felker-GS relationship, 316, 381–82; and Pathfinders research, 274
Harkins, Debbie, 101
Harmsworth, Vere, 100, 268, 270
HarperCollins publishers, 279, 354
Harriman, Averell, 121
Harriman, Pamela, 121, 346
Hart, Gary, 318, 319–24
Hart, Lee, 319, 322–23
Harvard Business School, 94, 95
Harvard Grant study, Vaillant’s, 186
Hatch, Orrin, 404–5
Hawkins, John, 273
Hayes, Harold, 98
Hearst, William Randolph, 186
Heder, Darvy (Cambodian woman), 288, 290, 291, 299, 301, 447
Heinonen, Erkki, 284
Hellman, Lillian, 89, 339
Hell’s Angels, 104
Hendrix, Jimi, 114
Henion, Gladys Latham Ovens (grandmother), 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26–27, 28
Henion, Harold Merritt (father): appearance and personality of, 42–43; Bernice (golf friend) and, 19, 43; Connecticut commute of, 42–43; divorce and remarriage of, 42–43; eye of, 23; financial affairs of, 44, 103, 230; and GS as bestselling author, 230; and GS’s childhood and youth, 16–18, 19, 233; and GS’s college education, 27; and GS’s elopement with McCarthy, 32–33, 34; GS’s idealization of, 28; GS’s New York City discussions with, 41–44, 109–10; and GS’s panic attacks, 166; influence on GS of, 28; job search of, 109–10; Lillian’s relationship with, 21, 22, 37, 53; midlife fantasy of, 44; new life of, 42–44, 109–10; as patriarch, 22; personal and professional background of, 22, 26–27, 57; photograph of, 20; “Pretty Boy” as nickname for, 103; Trish’s problems and, 103, 109–10
Henion, Harold Merritt (grandfather), 26–27
Henion, Lillian Rainey (mother): alcohol problems of, 21, 42, 43, 108, 134, 232, 433; Big Al and, 108, 232; as businesswoman, 232; death of, 337–38; divorce of, 42–43; dreams/ambitions of, 21–22; family background of, 57; as fun mother, 23; and GS’s abortion, 34–35; and GS’s childhood and youth, 17, 19, 22–23; and GS’s elopement with McCarthy, 30, 31, 32–33, 34; and GS’s fortieth birthday party, 233; Harold’s relationship with, 21, 22, 37, 53; on Hustling tour with GS, 205; influence on GS of, 28, 37; Mohm an
d, 298; osteoporosis of, 363; passage of, 232, 298; photograph of, 20; and Trish’s problems, 108; women’s movement and, 133–34
Henion, Susie (stepsister), 233
Henion, “Trish” (sister): arrest of, 110–11; birth of, 21; childhood of, 44; Clay and, 111; and Clay and GS in California, 388; Clay’s death and, 446; college education of, 43, 44, 103, 115; and Cosmopolitan Paris trip, 103, 115; declaration of independence of, 103–4; drugs and, 104–13; Fantl marriage of, 115; and GS as caregiver, 439; GS’s discussion with father about, 109–10; and GS’s fortieth birthday party, 233; and GS’s idealization of father, 28; and GS’s Kennedy (Bobby) assignment, 61, 65, 66; and GS’s spiritual fitness, 433; as Maura’s caretaker, 103–4; Mohm and, 299, 300, 301; Nate and, 104–13; and parent’s divorce, 42, 43; picture of, 206; professional career of, 115; Woodstock trip of, 113–14
Henry, Sherrye, 446
Herald Tribune, New York “The Trib”: city room at, 11–13; Civil War era volumes of, 87; Clay at, 3, 7, 13–15, 86, 87, 245, 390; GS application for job at, 4, 5, 6; GS at, 3, 6–15, 46–47, 50–54, 73, 86, 180, 429, 459; women as feature writers at, 12–13
Herrmann, Ed, 451
Hewitt, Don, 292
“The Hidden Hart” (Sheehy), 320–21
Hill, Anita, 372, 404
Hillary’s Choice (Sheehy), 393, 401
hippies, 56, 76
Hirsch, George, 247
Ho Chi Minh, Steinem’s story about, 83–84
Hog Farm commune, 114
Hollywood, Clay in, 293
Hollywood Women’s Political Committee, 396
Hong Kong, Clay and GS in, 280–81
hormone replacement therapy, 362, 364–65
Horne, Lena, 336
Hughes, Howard, 154
Hughes, Langston, 336
Hussein, Saddam, 329
Hustling (Sheehy), 149, 205, 451
Ickes, Harold, 402
Immigration Service, U.S., 301
income gap, between wealthy and middle class, 71
India: GS loss of notes about, 78–79; GS trip to, 73–79
Indianapolis, Indiana, GS on Kennedy (Bobby) assignment in, 58–59
insurance, maternity clinics and, 8
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 421, 426
International Creative Management (ICM), 97, 210
International Herald Tribune, and Passages as bestseller, 229
International Rescue Committee (IRC), 287, 288, 299, 307
Iran-Contra, 328
Iraq War, 328