Leggy Blonde: A Memoir (28 page)
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Authors: Aviva Drescher
Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #Nonfiction, #Personal Memoir, #Real Housewives, #Retail, #Television
Thank you, Jennifer Gardner Trulson, not only for being a great friend but for making this book happen. You birthed it.
Thank you, Fran Drescher, for telling me to “lead with philanthropy” and for all your support. Thanks, Peter Jacobson, for making me laugh and helping me to understand a new and foreign world.
Thank you, Laura and Michael Cohen. You go above and beyond for our entire family. You are our family.
Sarah Levy, Stacey Griffith, Joanna Martowski, Dr. Ellen Marmur, Jackie Moffett, Melissa Breitbart Sohn, Matt Dillon, Anne Bowen, Scott Stackman (and others at CAFoundation), Alicia and Craig Gitlitz, Ileana Chu, Krissy and Alex Mashinsky, Mary Shepard, Philip Gorrivan, Nancy Leibowitz, Shoshana Halpern, Rosie Pope, Susan Baker, Thomas Roberts, Patrick Abner, Sara Pilot, Dr. Bernard Kruger, and Wendy Madden: Where would any of us be without the love and support of good friends? Thank you all.
Thank you, Amy Winters and Erik Schaffer and everyone at One Step Ahead Foundation. You go above and beyond.
Most importantly, I’m eternally grateful for my family. Reid, you have shown me what love truly is. You continue to sweep me off my feet in the most profound way. You are the most incredible father to Harrison, Veronica, Hudson, and Sienna. Thank you for leading them by example.
Harrison, Veronica, Hudson, and Sienna: You are the reason I wake, breathe, work, write, and give. You make every minute I live worth living. Watching you grow into beautiful little people brings me the most incredible joy. You don’t know it, but you sacrificed to make this book happen. Thank you. I love you more than life.
Lastly, to all my friends who’ve lost limbs: Each and every day, you remind me of the strength of the human spirit. You inspire me. Thank you so much.
AVIVA DRESCHER
is a cast member of the Bravo TV series
The Real Housewives of New York City
. Born and raised in Manhattan, Aviva attended The Fieldston School and has a BA from Vassar College. She received her Masters in French Literature from NYU and her JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She is the national spokesperson for the One Step Ahead Foundation, an organization for amputees.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Drescher, Aviva, 1970–
Leggy blonde: a memoir / Aviva Drescher.—First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
pages cm
1. Drescher, Aviva, 1970—2. Television personalities—United States—Biography. I. Title. PN1992.4.D65A3 2013
791.4502'8092—dc23
[B]
2013016912
ISBN 978-1-4767-2211-5
ISBN 978-1-4767-2215-3 (ebook)
