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conversations.value: Give me a description for a book titled Life on the Ramona Coaster about Upper, East, Side with the genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Arts & Literature.
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conversations.value: In addition to her role as the spunky, unfiltered, Upper East Side housewife on Bravos The Real Housewives of New York City , the author is an astute businesswoman and a true aficionado of fashion, who has taken the beauty, accessory, and wine industries by storm.
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conversations.value: Give me the first four paragraphs for this book.
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conversations.value: Life on the Ramona Coaster
  ALONG WITH THE REST of America, I first heard of The Real Housewives in 2006 when Bravo debuted its reality show about the glamorous lives of a group of affluent women in Southern California. Little did I know then that one year later, Bravo would create an equally successful spinoff show set in Manhattan and I would be cast as one of the five original Real Housewives of New York City. When we started filming the show I was happily married, I had a successful seven-figure business, and I was the mother of a beautiful twelve-year-old daughter. I never could have anticipated that I was about to enter the most exciting and dramatic chapter of my life. The first episode aired in March of 2008 and, over the course of that first season, Bethenny Frankel, Jill Zarin, LuAnn de Lesepps, Alex McCord and I would embark on a journey that would forever change all of our lives.
  Starring in a reality television show is a truly humbling experience. We open our lives to the scrutiny of the cameras, the media, and millions of viewers who alternately judge, adore, revile, idolize, and ridicule us—sometimes all in the course of one episode. What I never expected when I signed on to do the show, however, was that it would give me the unique opportunity to examine my life from a completely new perspective. Through watching my behavior and my interactions with the other women on the show, I became acutely aware that my past was influencing my present in ways that I am still just beginning to understand. My "unfiltered" personality was shaped by a dysfunctional childhood during which my father verbally and sometimes even physically abused my mother. For most of my life, I kept the truth of my unhappy past a secret. Like many people who have been in abusive situations, I was embarrassed and ashamed. I thought that if I told my friends and colleagues what I had gone through as a child they would judge me, disassociate themselves from me, or think I was inferior to them. Most importantly, I did not want anyone to think of me as a victim... because I'm not.
  The first time I spoke publicly about my childhood was during the taping of the Season 2 Reunion episode. In response to a viewer question, I revealed for the first time that I grew up in a family where my mother was verbally abused by my father on regular basis. It was liberating to let go of this secret and I decided to open up even more the following season. Over lunch at Fig and Olive, a chic Mediterranean restaurant on the Upper East Side, I told my close friend, Joni, and in turn the 1.75 million viewers who tuned in to watch that episode, what it was like to grow up in a fractured household. My childhood memories were marked by constant fighting, screaming, and crying. For most of my life I hated my father. I hated him for hurting my mother and for making her cry. I hated him for not making me feel loved. I hated him for not providing me with a normal childhood. Although I was never physically abused, the events I witnessed in my childhood scarred me emotionally and destroyed my relationship with my father. They also shaped the woman I was to become and tainted my perception of relationships.
  After my mother died, my father and I grew even further apart than we already were. Then, three years later, the wildest thing happened. I invited him to spend Christmas with us at our home in Southampton and we actually got along. After a lifetime of resentment, I made peace with him. Then, just two weeks later, he died. Ironically, just when I had finally bonded with my father and he had showed me the love and affection I had been craving my entire life, I lost him for good.
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conversations.value: Give me two more paragraphs.
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conversations.value: We're in a much different place now. I think it's because my walls are down and I'm more communicative. The Ramona I am today might have said, "Come on, Bethenny, don't take this so seriously. I'm sorry you're offended," but back then I panicked and retreated. I literally went under my covers like when I was a child and my parents would fight. Now, I handle things differently. I've learned to communicate better. Early into the filming of Season 7, Bethenny and I got into a huge fight. But I realized very quickly, what are we fighting about? This is ridiculous. The old Ramona would've said, Okay, we had a fight. I'm angry at her, she's angry at me. So be it. The issue would have festered and we might have damaged our friendship for good. Being the person I am now, I decided to go see her to try and reconcile right away. Of course, she got even angrier but I kept calm and approached her again and, in the end, we made up. Sometimes people are just angry. Not at you, but about their situation. In the past, I never saw things that way. I would take things way too personally, but I've evolved.
  Recently LuAnn said to me, "Ramona, you're so warm and fuzzy now." Who would ever have thought LuAnn would call me warm and fuzzy? I think that going through what I went through with my marriage falling apart has made me a different person. When you're emotionally hurt like that, when you're betrayed by your husband, it makes you more vulnerable. You can retreat or you can learn from it. It was a learning experience. Not a good one, but life is learning.
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conversations.value: Give me the last two paragraphs.
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conversations.value: To my mother: Through her I became the strong independent woman I am. She taught me to be directed and positive and that I could attain anything in my life.
  Avery, you have been my shining light through some of my darkest moments. I look at you and see a young woman who is as beautiful inside as on the outside. You have wisdom beyond your years. You have a great soul, heart and such compassion. The love I have for you surpasses anything I thought possible. You inspire me to embrace my new beginnings.