Ginger: My Story - Softcover

Rogers, Ginger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061564702 ISBN 13: 9780061564703

Publisher: It Books, 2008

Synopsis

She was born Virginia Katherine McMath, but the world would come to know her--and love her--as Ginger Rogers: Broadway star, Academy Award-winning actress, and the ultimate on-screen dancing partner of the inimitable Fred Astaire. In Ginger: My Story, the legendary entertainer shares the triumphs of a remarkable career that began when she won a Texas dancing contest at age fourteen; the joys and heartbreaks of her five marriages; her relationships with some of Hollywood's major leading men, including Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and damaged daredevil billionaire Howard Hughes; and the strength of her religious convictions that got her through thick and thin.

Lavishly illustrated with rare photographs from the author's personal collection, Ginger is an enthralling, behind-the-scenes tour of Hollywood life during the Golden Age of movies by one of its most enduring stars.

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Review:

"Thoroughly enjoyable."--Backstage

"Fascinating"--New York Newsday

"An upbeat book."--Detroit Free Press

"Rogers is a first-rate storyteller."--Christian Science Monitor

"Highly personal, warm-hearted."--West Coast Review of Books

"Entertaining"--Seattle Times

"A tasty tantalizing tour of a world she knows from first-hand experience."--The Hollywood Reporter

About this edition

• Publisher: It Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061564702
• ISBN 13: 9780061564703
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560