>> SHE GREW UP IN PALM BEACH WAS LOVINGLY CALL THE LILY AND SHE FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS
MANY AND HER GRANDMOTHER LILY.
IN FACT, YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE
HER GRANDMOTHER’S NAME. LILLY,
PULITZER, THE FASHION DESIGNER
WHO CREATED HER OWN HAPPINESS
BY BREAKING ALL THE RULES AND
PERHAPS YOU GO BUY HER STORY
AT THE SAINT JOHNS TOWN CENTER
AND NOW HER GRANDDAUGHTER
LITTLE ITALY, THESE DAYS KNOWN
AS LILY LEE’S FERRERA IS A 4TH
GENERATION PALM BEACH, LOCAL
AND THE LEAGUE’S GRANDDAUGHTER
IS THE AUTHOR OF A NEW
CHILDREN’S BOOK CALLED LIFE
AND LILLY.
>> AND LILLY, WELCOME TO THE
MORNING SHOW. THANKS SO MUCH,
BRUCE. I’M EXCITED TO BE HERE.
SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
FIRST TRIP TO JACKSONVILLE, BY
THE WAY.
>> SO YOU SAY THAT THIS BOOK
IS A LOVE LETTER TO YOUR
HOMETOWN. IT IS THAT IT’S SUCH
A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE WE GREW
UP AND NOW HAVING 2 GIRLS OF
MY OWN WALKING DOWN THE SAME
STREETS, JUMPING IN THE OCEAN,
PLAYING ON THE BEACH.
>> AND IT’S JUST A WAY TO
CELEBRATE ALL THOSE THINGS
THAT MAKE IT SO SPECIAL. YOU
KNOW, I TOOK A LOOK AT THE
BOOK AND EVEN AS AN ADULT, IT
CAPTURES A SENSE OF IT. THEN
SURE AND HAPPINESS. AND I HATE
TO SAY, YOU KNOW, DOING THE
NEWS THESE DAYS, WE LIVE IN
KIND OF AN ACRIMONIOUS WORLD.
YOU THINK THAT THIS HAPPINESS
REALLY STILL EXISTS? I THINK
SO. IT’S OUT THERE. AND I
REALLY THINK, AGAIN, SEEING
THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF
MY LITTLE GIRLS NOW TRYING TO
FIND THIS PIECE, THE JOY
SURFING BEFORE SCHOOL HOPPING
ON BIKES. ANY CHANCE WE CAN
GET THE ADVENTURE AND THE JOYS
OUT THERE. WE JUST HAVE TO
LOOK FOR IT. AND BY THE WAY,
THEY’RE WATCHING BACK IN THE
GREEN ROOM. WE WANT TO SAY HI
TO THEM. I THEM IN TIME. SO
YOU ARE ACTUALLY INSPIRED TO
DO THIS BY SOME DRAWINGS LIVE
IN DRAWINGS FROM YOUR ARTIST,
MOM. THAT’S IT. MY MOM. ANY
PULITZER. SHE’S AN INCREDIBLE
ARTIST. SHE DOES. THESE
AMAZING PHOTO, DULL SHELLS
THAT YOU CAN HAND PAINT AS
WELL AS MURAL DEGN. SO SHE
DID THE ORIGINAL
ILLUSTRATIONS. AND THEN THE
LILLY PULITZER PRINT TEAM, THE
SAME ARTIST THAT PAINTED
DESIGNED THE BEAUTIFUL DRESSES
ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE STORY TO
LIFE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BY
THE STOREFRONT AND YOU SEE
YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S DESIGNS.
THERE ARE ABOUT COLOR. THERE
ARE ABOUT LIFE THERE ABOUT THE
WHEN THE BOOK CAME OUT AND
IT’S ONLY BEEN WHAT ABOUT A
MONTH, THAT KIND OF REACTION
DID YOU GET? IT’S JUST BEEN
FUN. AND I THINK THAT’S THE
HEART OF WHERE THE BRAND IS
TODAY. AND BUT I THINK THE
BOOK IS CAPTURING. IT JUST
MEANT TO MAKE YOU SMILE. FEEL
LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE.
THERE’S ANIMALS HIDDEN ON
EVERY PAGE, JUST LIKE IN THE
PRINCE. SO IT JUST MAKES IT
ITS OWN LITTLE ADVENTURE.
WHAT’S YOUR FONDEST MEMORY OF
YOUR THERE’S SO MANY. I MEAN,
THE KITCHEN WAS THE HEART OF
THE HOME. THE DOOR WAS
LITERALLY ALWAYS OPEN. SO IT
WASN’T SURPRISING TO FIND A
NEW RESCUED ANIMAL EATING
HOME, COOKED MEAL AND A
STRANGER WHO WAS ABOUT TO
BECOME PART OF THE EXTENDED
FAMILY SITTING THERE. I WAS
GOING SAY WHEN I READ IN THE
BOOK, YOU KNOW, YOU OPENED THE
DOOR AND THERE’S A PAGE AND
THERE TALK ABOUT YOU NEVER
KNEW WHO WAS GOING TO BE AT
THE TABLE THERE THAT FRIENDS
FAMILY OR SOMEBODY HAD NEVER
MET BEFORE THAT HER HOUSE WAS
ALWAYS FILLED WITH AND
CREATIVES AND AND JUST AMAZING
NEW PEOPLE THAT I GOT TO MEET
EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
THINK THEY KNOW YOUR GRANDMA
FROM HER DESIGNS AND WHAT
SOMETHING THEY MAY NOT KNOW
ABOUT HER, THAT THEY SHOULD
KNOW. SHE JUST HAD THE BIGGEST
HEART IN THE WORLD. SHE LOVED
EVERYONE, EVERY ANIMAL AND
EVERY PERSON. AND IT WAS JUST
SO MUCH COMPASSION AND
AUTHENTICITY. SHE JUST WAS
NEVER AFRAID TO BE YOURSELF OR
SPEAK HER MIND. I LOVE THAT
ABOUT HER TO FEEL LIKE SHE
TALKS YOU THROUGH THIS BOOK. I
SEE YOU’RE IN THE PAGES.
ABSOLUTELY. EVERY PAGE IS A
CORE MEMORY FOR ME. SO SO
REALLY IT’S JUST SOMETHING I
HOPE MY GIRLS CAN READ AND
MAYBE INSPIRE SOME ADVENTURES
FOR FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO
CELEBRATE FAMILY, THE
COMMUNITY THAT WERE AND THE
FUN WE CAN ALL HAVE. SO THE
BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
BOOKS-A-MILLION ANY PLACE YOU
CAN BUY BOOKS AND IF YOU’D
LIKE TO MEET LILLY SHOULD BE
SIGNING HER BOOK. LITTLE ITALY
AT THE RITZ-CARLTON, AMELIA
ISLAND. TOMORROW FRIDAY. MAY
26 FROM 11 TO ONE AT THE LILLY
PULITZER BOUTIQUE THERE. NO
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. AND
LILLY PRINT DESIGNER.
>> MELISSA, 6 MULLING GO WILL
ALSO BE CREATING A LIFE
PAINTING OF AMELIA ISLAND’S
FAMOUS SEA TURTLES, WHICH WILL
BE AUCTIONED OFF TO BENEFIT.
THEY SAY TO OUR SEA TURTLES
TOMORROW AT THE RITZ-CARLTON,
AMELIA ISLAND BETWEEN 11 AND
SO GOOD TO MEET YOU. AND HAVE
YOU GOOD TO BE LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING EVERYONE THERE? AND
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL BOOK FOR KIDS