Bozeman Magazine

Join us for an evening with Neltje, author of North of Crazy, a memoir about growing up in a world of Gatsby-esque glamor, opulence, and cultural prestige, of exclusive parties and elegant dinners, of literary luminaries including Somerset Maugham, Daphne du Maurier, Irving Stone, and Theodore Roethke, of Manhattan townhouses and country estates.

As the daughter of publishing magnate Nelson Doubleday, Neltje and was raised to assume her place as a society matron. But beneath a seemingly idyllic childhood, darker currents ran: a colorful but alcoholic father whose absences left holes, a mother incapable of love, a family divided by money and power struggles, and a secret that drove the young woman into emotional isolation.

North of Crazy is written with the same fierce passion, wit, and emotion that drove her off the conventional path to reconstruct her life. She became an artist, cattle rancher, and entrepreneur in Wyoming, where she still lives.