The Rainbow Comes and Goes

The memoir, The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss by journalist Anderson Cooper and his legendary socialite/artist/writer, mother Gloria Vanderbilt, is charming and very insightful.

Those who have read and admired Gloria Vanderbilt's poignant memoirs in the past, will be glad to discover that her unique and enchantingly poetic writing style is present in this book as well. But it is balanced by Cooper's more direct, literal writing. The two make a great collaborative team in this book, which is a collection of email correspondence between mother and son, with Vanderbilt answering questions from Cooper about her long fascinating, often turbulent life.

In addition to Vanderbilt's colorful and sometimes heartbreaking memories, she and her youngest son both examine their respective past, present and future in a way that yields inspiring, life lessons.

Fans of Anderson Cooper and, or Gloria Vanderbilt, can't help but be moved by this candid, emotional series of very personal conversations.