Judy Garland - Hardcover

Anne Edwards

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0094610002 ISBN 13: 9780094610002

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1975

Synopsis

Edwards's biography presents a complete picture of the late actress-and not just the boozing, drug-addicted caricature of a woman central to lesser biographies. We learn, for example, that Garland saw it as her duty to provide for her family financially, a generosity that her mother Ethel exploited with disastrous results. Above all, Judy Garland sought to please, whether it was an audience or a studio head, and therein lies her powerful and heartbreaking story.

About this title

Review:

Anne Edwards comes the closest yet to evoking that incredibly complex woman I remember as Judy Garland. It is the most in-depth and truthful book we have had so far.--Rod McKuen

About the Author:

Anne Edwards is the author of several bestselling biographies of notable figures, including film stars Vivien Leigh and Katharine Hepburn, as well as Queen Mary and Gone with the Wind novelist Margaret Mitchell. A fastidious researcher and accomplished writer, Edwards received a Pulitzer prize nomination for her book Early Reagan: The Rise of an American Hero. Her memoir, Leaving Home (2012) is available from Scarecrow Press. She lives in Beverly Hills, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0094610002
• ISBN 13: 9780094610002
• Binding: Hardcover