A Day in the Life : One Family, the Beautiful People, and the End of the Sixties

A Day in the Life is the story of how the ideal marriage between two young and extraordinarily beautiful members of the English upper class fell apart as the psychedelic dreams of the sixties gave way to the harsh, hard-rock reality of the seventies. A tender, moving, and often harrowing look at the moment in time when the counterculture collided with the international jet set, A Day in the Life captures the spirit of that era and the people who lived through it with unerring accuracy and heartfelt precision.When Tommy Weber and Susan “Puss” Coriat, London’s most beautiful couple, were married in 1964, it was the fitting end to a storybook romance. But the fast cars Tommy loved to race, their celebrity friends, and the huge trust fund Puss had inherited masked a tortured truth—both had suffered through oppressive and neglectful childhoods and were now caught up in a wildly extravagant lifestyle that neither Puss’ inheritance nor Tommy’s increasingly desperate schemes could support. Six years later, Puss found herself wandering around India with her two sons while Tommy, who was now smuggling drugs to survive, lived in London with a stunning young actress. A Day in the Life is also the stirring account of how the couple’s tow sons—one of whom is the well-known actor Jake Weber—somehow managed to survive a childhood that would have destroyed those of lesser spirit.An unbelievable true-life tale that often reads like a novel, A Day in the Life follow the fortunes and misfortunes of one remarkable family while also introducing us to an extensive cast of supporting characters that includes Keith Richards, Anita Pallenberg, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Charlotte Rampling, as well as many of the movers and shakers who helped create the “Swinging London” scene. A Day in the Life is the story of how the ideal marriage between two young and extraordinarily beautiful members of the English upper class fell apart as the psychedelic dreams of the sixties gave way to the harsh, hard-rock reality of the seventies. A tender, moving, and often harrowing look at the moment in time when the counterculture collided with the international jet set, A Day in the Life captures the spirit of that era and the people who lived through it with unerring accuracy and heartfelt precision. When Tommy Weber and Susan "Puss" Coriat, London's most beautiful couple, were married in 1964, it was the fitting end to a storybook romance. But the fast cars Tommy loved to race, their celebrity friends, and the huge trust fund Puss had inherited masked a tortured truth—both had suffered through oppressive and neglectful childhoods and were now caught up in a wildly extravagant lifestyle that neither Puss' inheritance nor Tommy's increasingly desperate schemes could support. Six years later, Puss found herself wandering around India with her two sons while Tommy, who was now smuggling drugs to survive, lived in London with a stunning young actress. A Day in the Life is also the stirring account of how the couple's two sons—one of whom is the well-known actor Jake Weber—somehow managed to survive a childhood that would have destroyed those of lesser spirit. An unbelievable true-life tale that often reads like a novel, A Day in the Life follow the fortunes and misfortunes of one remarkable family while also introducing us to an extensive cast of supporting characters that includes Keith Richards, Anita Pallenberg, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Charlotte Rampling, as well as many of the movers and shakers who helped create the "Swinging London" scene. A Day in the Life is the story of how the ideal marriage between two young and extraordinarily beautiful members of the English upper class fell apart as the psychedelic dreams of the sixties gave way to the harsh, hard-rock reality of the seventies. A tender, moving, and often harrowing look at the moment in time when the counterculture collided with the international jet set, A Day in the Life captures the spirit of that era and the people who lived through it with unerring accuracy and heartfelt precision. When Tommy Weber and Susan Puss Coriat, Londons most beautiful couple, were married in 1964, it was the fitting end to a storybook romance. But the fast cars Tommy loved to race, their celebrity friends, and the huge trust fund Puss had inherited masked a tortured truthboth had suffered through oppressive and neglectful childhoods and were now caught up in a wildly extravagant lifestyle that neither Puss inheritance nor Tommys increasingly desperate schemes could support. Six years later, Puss found herself wandering around India with her two sons while Tommy, who was now smuggling drugs to survive, lived in London with a stunning young actress. A Day in the Life is also the stirring account of how the couples tow sonsone of whom is the well-known actor Jake Webersomehow managed to survive a childhood that would have destroyed those of lesser spirit. An unbelievable true-life tale that often reads like a novel, A Day in the Life follow the fortunes and misfortunes of one remarkable family while also introducing us to an extensive cast of supporting characters that includes Keith Richards, Anita Pallenberg, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Charlotte Rampling, as well as many of the movers and shakers who helped create the Swinging London scene. Contents......Page 10 prologue: a day in the life, villa nellcote, june 1971......Page 12 1. hald hovedgaard......Page 16 2. twatley manor......Page 28 3. new barn farm and haileybury......Page 54 4. lilliesden and cambridge......Page 70 5. pont street......Page 80 6. holy trinity church......Page 88 7. cambridge street......Page 100 8. the flying dragon......Page 112 9. glastonbury and hugh street......Page 130 10. london to sydney......Page 144 11. samye ling and lundy island......Page 156 12. chester square......Page 170 13. almora......Page 178 14. on the way home......Page 192 15. warneford and bowden house......Page 200 16. ardeley......Page 212 17. villa nellcote......Page 220 18. on the riviera......Page 232 19. on the road......Page 242 20. st. ann's villas......Page 260 21. rugby......Page 274 epilogue: another day in the life, ardeley, december 2007......Page 292 acknowledgments......Page 296 sources......Page 300 B......Page 340 C......Page 341 F......Page 343 H......Page 344 M......Page 345 O......Page 346 P......Page 347 R......Page 348 T......Page 349 W......Page 350 Y......Page 353 Prologue: A Day In The Life, Villa Nellcote, June 1971 -- Hald Hovedgaard -- Twatley Manor -- New Barn Farm And Haileybury -- Lilliesden And Cambridge -- Pont Street -- Holy Trinity Church -- Cambridge Street -- The Flying Dragon -- Glastonbury And Hugh Street -- London To Sydney -- Samye Ling And Lundy Island -- Chester Square -- Almora -- On The Way Home -- Warneford And Bowden House -- Ardeley -- Villa Nellcote -- On The Riviera -- On The Road -- St. Ann's Villas -- Rugby -- Epilogue: Another Day In The Life, Ardeley, December 2007. Robert Greenfield. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 285-324) And Index.