Amy Bloom's latest novel finds deep comfort in found family
Even those not closely familiar with Amy Bloom's oeuvre might be aware of her reputation as the respected author of novels and short stories. Many may know her 2022 memoir 'In Love,' which detailed the ordeal of helping her adored husband, architect Brian Ameche — afflicted with advancing Alzheimer's disease — in the battle to obtain legal assistance to end his life, at age 66, in a Swiss clinic.
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TMZ reported that the wedding guests will stay at the swanky Aman Hotel in Venice, which ranges from $2,000 to more than $10,000 per night. Bezos and Sánchez may be staying there as well: On Wednesday, they were seen arriving in Venice on a helicopter and, later in the day, made their way to the Aman Hotel. Multiple groups are protesting the Venice wedding, each with a shared frustration over billionaire excess and its impact on the city. No Space for Bezos, a local coalition of housing advocates, student groups and anti-cruise activists, argues that the wedding symbolizes how Venice is being turned into a playground for the ultrarich while the city's residents face a housing crisis. Meanwhile, environmental group Greenpeace Italy teamed up with Everyone Hates Elon, a U.K.-based activist collective, to stage a demonstration in St. Mark's Square on June 23 with a massive banner that read: 'If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more tax.' Together, these groups are using the wedding to spotlight broader issues like over-tourism, inequality and climate injustice, and to call for more taxation for billionaires like Bezos. Some protesters have even threatened to use inflatable crocodiles in an effort to disrupt the nuptials, forcing the couple to rearrange some of their plans for the event, per reporting from the Guardian. According to protest group No Space for Bezos, Venice residents stated they planned to throw the blow-up reptiles into the canals to block celebrity guests from arriving by gondola or water taxi for the wedding. Out of caution, the Guardian reports, the couple moved the wedding reception from Scuola Grande della Misericordia to Arsenale, a complex of shipyards surrounded by fortified walls. As the Guardian notes, local press reports have also cited security concerns due to the current conflict between Iran and Israel as a reason for the change of venue, particularly in light of the fact that President Trump's daughter, Ivanka, is among the expected guests. Still, local activists are taking it as a win. 'We feel as if we scored a victory,' one activist, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Guardian. 'The crocodile initiative would have given a bad impression of the city — this is why the venue was changed, even if the authorities might try to claim it was because of the war.'
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrive in Venice for their wedding
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice, Italy for their wedding. CNN's Melissa Bell reports that the details of the upcoming Venetian wedding have been kept under wraps due to the looming threat of disruptive protests.
