Nov­el­ist essay­ist some­time actress Moth per­former long­time con­trib­u­tor to Vogue Van­i­ty Fair and Harper’s Bazaar for­mer edi­tor of Paris Vogue JJB has been an inter­preter between Amer­i­can and Euro­pean cul­tures since child­hood. Her book is humor­ous and heartbreaking.