The son of Carol Saroyan Matthau--child bride of William Saroyan and later wife of Walter Matthau--traces the enduring friendship shared by his mother, Oona O'Neill Chaplin, and Gloria Vanderbilt from their childhood and Manhattan debutante days
Aram Saroyan is an American poet, novelist, biographer, memoirist and playwright. There has been a resurgence of interest in his work in the 21st century, evidenced by the publication in 2007 of several previous collections reissued together as Complete Minimal Poems. He is the son of author William Saroyan and actress Carol Grace, and the father of Strawberry Saroyan.