{"id":630,"date":"2019-06-16T11:55:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T11:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/?p=630&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-07-06T14:14:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T14:14:37","slug":"primates-park-avenue-wednesday-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/en\/2019\/06\/16\/primates-park-avenue-wednesday-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;PRIMATES OF PARK AVENUE&#8221; by Wednesday Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Primates-of-Park-Avenue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-631 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Primates-of-Park-Avenue-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Primates of Park Avenue\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Primates-of-Park-Avenue-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Primates-of-Park-Avenue.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>New York is a world in another world. <br \/>\nThe people who live in Manhattan represent a significant part of the wealthiest 1% of the richest in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Wednesday Martin, an anthropologist with first-hand information about this particular world (she is the second wife of a rich man), this book is an intensive and detailed course about the perpetual work that needs to be done by the spouse of a wealthy American man:<\/p>\n<p><strong>She<\/strong> ought to be slim and fit (at least, as good as a professional ballerina). Otherwise: <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>\u201cMen seemed always to be looking beyond you, to see if there was a woman who was better or prettier or more important than you at the party or in the room.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>She<\/strong> ought to have beautiful clothes and to wear killer high-heels (there is an injection that numbs a woman\u2019s feet for her to be able to wear high heels all night long &#x1f642; ).<\/p>\n<p><strong>She<\/strong> ought to make sure that their children will be accepted in the right schools and that the parents of their children\u2019s friends are significant people: <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>\u201cYou are only as fabulous as the playdates you procure on behalf of your progeny, and if you don\u2019t rate, neither does your cherub.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>She<\/strong> ought to be forever YOUNG.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>\u201cIn spite of all the hot bodies artfully displayed, there was not a lot of sexiness in the air.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>I was stunned by the luck of playful interactions between men and women. 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