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The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens is Jerry Torre's touching and at times haunting memoir about his teenage days as caretaker of Grey Gardens, the now-celebrated mansion chronicled in the iconic documentary Grey Gardens and two feature-length films. The book, co-written with film historian Tony Maietta, is a behind-the-scenes look at Big Edie and Little Edie and their bizarre and reclusive life of squalor amidst the tremendous wealth of East Hampton, the family bond that developed between Jerry and them, and the day everything was turned upside down forever with the arrival of documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles. What begins as a teenager coming upon what he assumed was an old, abandoned house takes on new dimensions when suddenly Edie appears on the porch draped in a shower curtain with an apron tied around her head. You must be the Marble Faun, she tells the stunned Jerry. Rather than chasing him away as he at first feared, she invites Jerry to meet her mother upstairs. So begins a strange, unusually close friendship with the two women as Jerry takes on the task of volunteer gardener, often sleeping in their living room and staying out of mother-daughter arguments. The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens is Jerry's look back on the filming of Grey Gardens but also how the notoriety the movie achieved changed his life along with the Beales's.

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Tony Maietta is a noted film and television historian, author, and host. His work as a film historian and host includes numerous DVD documentaries and commentaries including the Emmy-nominated TCM series Moguls and Movie Stars. As a writer and host he appeared in his own series Here's Hollywood as well as the CBS Home Video releases of The Lucy Show and I Love Lucy. Tony Maietta is a noted film and television historian, author, and host. His work as a film historian and host includes numerous DVD documentaries and commentaries including the Emmy-nominated TCM series Moguls and Movie Stars. As a writer and host he appeared in his own series Here's Hollywood as well as the CBS Home Video releases of The Lucy Show and I Love Lucy. Jerry Torre grew up in Brooklyn, New York and left home at age sixteen. Not long after leaving home, while working as an assistant gardener in East Hampton, New York he quite literally stumbled into the house and world known as Grey Gardens. Today, he lives happily with his partner, Ted, in New York City, dividing his time between his passion for sculpting, and in being a caretaker yet again for Grey Gardens-this time for its legacy.

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