Little Edy

If you've seen Grey Gardens, the cult documentary about Jackie O's eccentric cousins, the Bouviers, then you know Little Edy. And if you know little Edy, you might be able to guess what my cousin Nan is like. Last week she had brain surgery to remove a tumor, and she came back from the hospital wearing a little nylon hat. "it's a little french cloche, from the twenties," she said, looking at herself in the mirror happily. "I think I'm going to want more of these for summer."