My Judy Garland life
Boyt, Susie200810UU
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* An irresistible mixture of memoir, biography, cultural analysis, experiment and hero-worship about one person's enduring obsession. Fascinating and extraordinary, thrilling and poignant, My Judy Garland Life will speak to anyone who has ever nursed an obsession or held a candle to a star. Judy Garland has been an important figure in Susie Boyt's life since she was three years old, comforting, inspiring and at times disturbing her. In this unique book, Boyt travels deep into the underworld of hero worship, reviewing through the prism of Judy our understanding of rescue, consolation, love, grief and fame. What does it mean to adore someone you don't know? What is the proper husbandry of a twenty-first century obsession? Boyt's journey takes in a duetting breakfast with Mickey Rooney, a Munchkin luncheon, tea with the largest collector of Garlandia, an illicit late-night spree at the Minnesota Judy Garland Museum and a breathless, semi-sacred encounter with Miss Liza Minnelli ...
Main title:
My Judy Garland life / Susie Boyt.
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Imprint:
London : Virago Press Ltd, 2008.
Collation:
320 p. : b&w, 8p.of col pix + t'out ; 23x15 cm.
Notes:
Hardback.
Biography/History:
Susie Boyt is the author of four acclaimed novels and writes a weekly column about fashion for the Financial Times. She also works part time as a bereavement counsellor.
ISBN:
9781844084111 (hbk)1844084116 (hbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
438578
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