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A Vision of Paradise: Robertson Ward and the Mill Reef Club | 
 enlarge | Author: Elizabeth Ballantine
Publisher: The Derrydale Press
Category: Book
List Price: $50.00
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1390273
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 9.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 1586670921
Dewey Decimal Number: 720
EAN: 9781586670924
ASIN: 1586670921
Publication Date: December 25, 2001
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Product Description
Renowned for being a haven of the rich and famous, Mill Reef Club has been an exclusive destination for American millionaires seeking serenity under the tropical sun for almost 60 years. It has been the winter home of the Mellons, visitors such as Jacqueline Kennedy, and many other prominent people.
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Almost the family album February 7, 2003
Charlotte Vale-Allen (CT USA)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
This book is very personal--my late mother- and father-in-law were two of the founding members of the Mill Reef Club (they are both buried on the island in St. Philip's Parish) and it's wonderful to study the old photos and see the genesis of one of the most beautiful places anywhere. Robertson (Happy) Ward created something unique and lovely in the club itself and in the houses--the open uncluttered living spaces, the soothing pastel colors and, always, the inviting views of the beach, the bougainvillea, the expanse of impossibly unique blue of Caribbean water. If there is a paradise, for me always it will be the remembered aspects of the club; the mornings under the huge thatched umbrella on the beach when everyone gathered to visit--periodically getting up to walk into the shallows to cool off. In the struts supporting that umbrella were stored flippers, snorkeling gear, forgotten sunglasses, suntan lotion, odds and ends. Residents and guests, visitors invariably found their way to the umbrella--an ever-elastic gathering that was the focal point of the farthest end of the beach from the club. Everyone made the long walk along the sand, back and forth to the club, admiring the houses fronting the water--those pastel creations that looked almost edible. It was an intimation of what heaven might be like. And this book offers portraits of the original members, insight into Ward's creative gifts, and a singular view of another time in another place.
Elizabeth Ballantine--What a great woman! November 30, 2007
David Ballantine (Colorado)
I really enjoyed this book by Elizabeth Ballantine. It is very interesting and we keep a copy of the book on top of our bookshelf here on Valentine Drive!
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