Remedy for Romance

Aileen Benay Farley under the pen name of F. R. Leewas born July on 28, 1917, in Illinois. At a young age,she and her parents and sister relocated to Vero Beach,Florida. In 1926, Aileens father built the house whereAileen continued to live into her later years. Aileen wentto college in Chicago where she studied Dress Designing. During this time, she was discovered, and became a highfashion runway model during the 30s and 40s and intothe early 50s in New York City. She was also a model for Elizabeth ArdenCosmetics, and was frequently on magazine covers, such as McCalls. Someof her modeling pictures are also in the Library of Congress. Over the years, Aileen drove back and forth from New York City to VeroBeach in a 1956 Ford she called Henry, since she spent the winters inVero Beach avoiding the cold winters in the North. Aileen was not marriedand had no children, and in later years, became very eccentric living inthe house built by her father. Aileen owned property in Vero Beach,part of which was an orange grove, and another part of the propertyhad a natural hammock. At her propertys sale, she requested that thehammock was not to be destroyed. While Aileen was in Vero Beach,she would spend long hours tending to her citrus grove and property. This property is an up-scale, gated community located in southwesternVero Beach and presently called Lost Hammock. In addition, the mainstreet through the community is named, Farleys Court after Aileen. Theoriginal manuscript of this book Remedy for Romance, which Aileentyped on a manual typewriter, was included among numerous picturesof her modeling days, and discovered after her death in 2003.