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The extraordinary life story of the celebrated artist and writer as told The extraordinary life story of the celebrated artist and writer as toldthrough four decades of intimate letters to her beloved mother through four decades of intimate letters to her beloved motherBarbara ChaseRiboud has led a remarkable life After graduating from Yales Schoolof Design and Architecture she moved to Europe and spent decades traveling theworld and living at the center of artistic literary and political circles She became arenowned artist whose work is now in museum collections around the world Latershe also became an awardwinning poet and bestselling novelist And along the wayshe met many luminariesfrom Henri CartierBresson Salvador Dal AlexanderCalder James Baldwin and Mao Zedong to Toni Morrison Pierre Cardin JacquelineKennedy Onassis and Josephine BakerI Always Knew is an intimate and vivid portrait of ChaseRibouds life as told throughthe letters she wrote to her mother Vivian Mae between 1957 and 1991 In candiddetail ChaseRiboud tells her mother about her life in Europe her work as an artisther romances and her journeys around the world from Western and Eastern Europe to the Middle East Africa the Soviet Union China and MongoliaBy turns brilliant and nave passionate and tender poignant and funny these lettersshow ChaseRiboud in the process of becoming who she is and who she mightbecome But what emerges most of all is the powerful story of a unique andremarkable relationship between a talented ambitious and courageous daughterand her adored mother