| Description |
1 online resource (226 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 The Girl from Sorsogon -- The Past is Prologue -- High Expectations from Papa -- Business Lessons at the Dinner Table -- At Ease with Affluence -- Chapter 2 "Here Come the Nicolases!" -- Choosing a Path -- A New York Minute -- The "Meet Cute" -- The Second Date and Good-Bye -- Chapter 3 "I Have a Headache!" -- Mr. Persistent -- Becoming More Intimate -- A Second Good-Bye -- Back Together, Forever -- The Big Day -- Chapter 4 Dragons and Monsters -- The Honeymoon is Over -- Susmariosep! -- My Devotion to My Marriage |
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Chapter 5 Lover/Mother/Lawyer -- Starting a Firm -- Not Starting a Family Just Yet -- Becoming a Family -- Being Tested, as a Mother and a Lawyer -- Chapter 6 Fighting Tyranny and Discrimination -- Going Up Against the Philippines Government -- Fighting is not without Monetary Costs -- Wartime Collateral Damage -- Schooling Uncle Sam -- Chapter 7 Mogul Madness -- In Pursuit of Money -- Expanding Our Family -- Becoming a Real Estate Mogul-"Landed Gentry, Here I Come!" -- Trying to Keep Up -- Real Estate with a Conscience -- Chapter 8 "You Represent Me!" -- Getting into a Fashionable Industry |
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Quietly Learning the Business -- Thanking God for Our Blessings -- Chapter 9 The Life of Riley -- Leaving the INS -- Leaving New York -- Chapter 10 Loida Never Fails -- Stepping Out -- Chapter 11 Some Rain Must Fall -- More Distressing News -- Waking Up -- Chapter 12 Losing My Soulmate -- A Bogus Celebration after Devastating News -- The End Comes -- Chapter 13 Unfinished Business -- Documenting His Legacy -- Moving On -- Chapter 14 From Mrs. Lewis to Madam Chair -- Chapter 15 Liquidity Crisis -- Chapter 16 Puts and Calls -- Coming Up with 350 Million -- Chapter 17 Winding Down TLC Beatrice |
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You Can't Win them All -- Matters of the Heart -- Chapter 18 Progeny, Philanthropy, Politics -- Chapter 19 Photo Gallery -- Acknowledgments -- Other Books by Loida Lewis -- Other Books by Blair S. Walker -- Books about Reginald F. Lewis -- Index -- EULA |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Walker, Blair S
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| ISBN |
9781119989851 |
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111998985X |
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