![]() In this section we gain perspective not only on Mildred but on Ida herself. Then we meet Ida Prevenza who has ghost written Andrew Bevel’s memoir and, in the process, has begun the search for the real Mildred Bevel. In Andrew Bevel’s telling, he patronized her love of the arts to keep her days filled while his financial genius saved the nation’s capital markets from themselves. In his ghost-written memoir, Mildred is his charming, sweet, childlike wife who staved off boredom by hosting quaint little artist gatherings. Next, we are introduced to the Mildred her financial giant husband wants us to see. ![]() The fictional author depicts a crisis of conscious for fictional Mildred as the Great Depression grips New York City while her husband’s wealth continues to grow. First, through a fiction-within-a-fiction novel clearly based on Mildred, the novelist portrays a complex, mysterious, dynamic woman whose relationship to her husband’s extreme wealth is complicated. In this uniquely structured fiction, Diaz introduces us to Mildred in the early days of 20 th century New York. Who gets to tell your story? Ultimately, does it matter? In his new novel, " Trust," Hernan Diaz introduces us to one character, Mildred Bevel, in four disparate accounts, illustrating the vast divide between perspectives. ![]()
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