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Wilsey’s mom gets the last word?

<b>Wilsey’s mom gets the last word?</b> Oh the cleverness of it all. Two years ago, <i>McSweeney’s Quarterly</i> editor Sean Wilsey vented about his wealthy, dysfunctional family in <i>Oh the Glory of It All</i>. Now, Wilsey’s mother Pat Montandon, who took considerable battering in his memoir, has <i>her</i> say. <b>Oh the Hell of it All</b> confronts her son’s accusations, while detailing her rags-to-riches to woman-on-a-mission journey. Never boring, often compelling, it underscores the power of tenacity.

A fixture of the San Francisco social scene, Montandon made her mark as a newspaper columnist and local television host, and as wife of butter magnate Al Wilsey. They seemed to have it all. Why, for her 50th birthday he threw her a surprise party at Trader Vic’s (he wore a tux, she was in Dior) and presented her with a pair of emerald and diamond earrings. He dropped a bomb eight days later: He wanted a divorce.

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Biographies, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Childhood and youth, Children of celebrities, Children of celebrities -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography, Children of divorced parents, Children of divorced parents -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography, Enfants de célébrités, Enfants de divorcés, Montandon, Pat, Nonfiction, San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography, San francisco (calif.), biography, Wilsey, Al, Wilsey, Sean -- Childhood and youth
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Dede Wilsey

American socialite and philanthropist

Diane Buchanan "Dede" Wilsey (born 1944) is an American socialite, Republican Party donor, and philanthropist, who lives in San Francisco.[1] She is the widow and heir of the San Francisco dairy and real estate businessman Al Wilsey, and the Chair Emerita of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Early life and background

Wilsey was born Diane Dow Buchanan in 1944.[2][3] Her father, Wiley T. Buchanan Jr., was the U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg and Austria and the White House Chief of Protocol during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower.[4] Her maternal great-grandfather, Herbert Henry Dow, was the founder of Dow Chemical.[5][6]

Buchanan enjoyed a privileged childhood in which she summered at her family's estate, Beaulieu House in Newport, Rhode Island, or in the south of France, a member of a social circle that included royalty and heads of government.[2] When she made her debut, while a student at Connecticut College, Town & Country Magazine

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