The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty | Julia Flynn Siler

The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty | Julia Flynn Siler | What a fun book

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	The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty Julia Flynn Siler Gotham, 2008 - 464 pages average customer review:based on 61 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Compelling

Once you start reading the story of this astonishingly dysfunctional family, you will not want to put it down; I was completely gripped by the decades of strum and drang. The book is not only a reporting tour de force -- Siler managed to persuade almost every member of this famously close-mouthed family to talk to her -- but it's also written with just the right blend of empathy,objectivity and insight. You don't need to be in business or know much about wine to enjoy it. But it's surely a must-read cautionary tale for anyone with a family business.

What a fun book

As a Napa resident and someone somewhat familiar with the characters from the valley identified in this Mondavi family history, this was a very fun book, though sad as can be. One always thinks that the dysfunction in their family is unique, and here they are, a famous wine family on a course of self-destruction all because on matriarch chose to favor one son over the other. As they say: the apples do not fall far from the tree. Very sad, but well written and beautifully read on the audio version I listened to.

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Very interesting story

Although this book got a little tedious at times, it was a fascinating story to me of the History of Napa. The narrator was excellent and made the story even more enjoyable.

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