Jacqueline Susann
Jacqueline Susann is a publishing and pop-culture legend. Her debut novel, Valley of the Dolls, published in 1966, has sold over 31 million copies in thirty languages. Susann was the first author to have three consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers, following Valley of the Dolls with The Love...
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Jacqueline Susann is a publishing and pop-culture legend. Her debut novel, Valley of the Dolls, published in 1966, has sold over 31 million copies in thirty languages. Susann was the first author to have three consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers, following Valley of the Dolls with The Love Machine and Once is Not Enough. She was married to her beloved husband, producer Irving Mansfield, until her death on September 21, 1974, after a courageously fought battle with breast cancer. She was fifty-six.
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Birth date: August 20, 1918
Died: September 21, 1974
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This review will have some serious spoilers, so this is your warning. This book was a trashy glorious book. It does not hold back on the punches. I wouldn't call it sexy, but I will call it tragic. Jennifer: Neely: Anne: Helen: Watching the downward spiral of Neely and Jennifer was really sad b...
" 'You think from day to day. If you allow yourself to think of the future - any personal future - you lose your nerve. And suddenly you recall all the senseless time-wasting things you've done...the wasted minutes you'll never recover. And you realize that time is the most precious thing. Because t...
Remember mid-century sexism? Imagine that you are a boring good girl, who just moved to New York City and has everything that a young woman just relocated to the city could dream: a menial, but somehow glamorous job, and a crappy apartment to share with an artsy BFF. (There is a whole bohemian bea...
This review includes some spoilers. I read this entirely because, when I was a young teen, I tried to buy it from a Friends of the Library book sale and was told that I couldn't. A librarian talked to my mom, and my mom told me I couldn't read it until I was thirty. I was determined to read it bef...
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