Grace Kelly, Oleg Cassini, Carolyn Reybold (© Bettmann/Getty Images)
Sally Richardson and Carolyn Reybold (© Bettmann/Getty Images)
Princess Grace of Monaco in her wedding dress. Hercule’s Gallery, Palace of Monaco, April 19, 1956 (Photo by Fernand Detaille, © Archives du Palais de Monaco)
Royal Wedding bridesmaids 1956 (Joseph Mckeown Hulton Royals Collection/Getty Images)
Grace visiting shrine, April 1956 (Haywood Magee Hulton Royals Collection/Getty Images)
Robin Reybold in Cannes, France, April 1972 (Author’s Private Collection)
Dream House, Long Island (Author’s Private Collection)
Carolyn and baby Nina, February 1960 (Author’s Private Collection)
Carolyn with her three daughters, summer 1960 (Author’s Private Collection)
Nyna wearing bridesmaid’s dress (Douglas Wright, Author’s Private Collection
Carolyn all in white, NYC 1989 (© Paul Adao)
Nyna’s children: Michael, Danielle, and Nicole, 1995 (Author’s Private Collection)
Carolyn and Nyna at Medford Multicare, Long Island (Author’s Private Collection)
Carolyn’s favorite headshot (Author’s Private Collection)
Nyna’s family at her stepdaughter Jessica’s wedding, February 2015; left to right: Danielle, Kristin, Nyna, Matt, Jessica, Peter, Lauren, and Johnny (Photo by Christina Szczupak)
Robin Reybold (Author’s Private Collection)
In Memory of Robin Reybold, 1953–1979
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
NYNA GILES is the youngest daughter of Carolyn Scott Reybold, a model best known as one of Grace Kelly’s bridesmaids. Having had a successful twenty-year career in advertising, digital marketing, and sales, Nyna now serves as chief operating officer for Giles Communications, a leading public relations company. She is also a tireless advocate for the mentally ill, having served as a vice president on the board of the Association for Mentally Ill Children of Westchester, Inc., for ten years. She lives in Westchester County, New York, with her husband. You can sign up for email updates here.
EVE CLAXTON is a writer, editor, and Peabody Award–winning radio producer. She’s worked as an editor or cowriter on numerous nonfiction books. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Prologue
Part One: Before
Chapter 1: Carolyn
Chapter 2: Nina
Chapter 3: Carolyn
Chapter 4: Nina
Chapter 5: Carolyn
Chapter 6: Nina
Chapter 7: Carolyn
Chapter 8: Nina
Chapter 9: Carolyn
Chapter 10: Nina
Chapter 11: Carolyn
Chapter 12: Nina
Chapter 13: Carolyn
Chapter 14: Nina
Chapter 15: Carolyn
Chapter 16: Nina
Part Two: After
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Acknowledgments
Mental Health Resources
Sources
Photograph Credits
About the Authors
Copyright
THE BRIDESMAID’S DAUGHTER. Copyright © 2018 by Nyna Giles and Eve Claxton. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint lyrics from “California Dreamin’.” Copyright © Hal Leonard LLC.
Cover design by Danielle Christopher
Cover photographs: mother and daughter courtesy of author; Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly at altar © Ullstein Bild/Granger, NYC; All rights reserved.
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First Edition: March 2018
