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It starts with her horrendous childhood. She pretty much started working for her own keep at age 9 and spent most of the rest of her life trying to make people pay for it.
It's no wonder she treated her children bad - she had been treated bad by most of the poeple she had come in contact with. Most of her marriages didn't last any longer than four years.
What was really appalling is that she didn't just treat her kids bad (beating, locking them in the closet, tying them to the bed, etc.) in priv...more
It's no wonder she treated her children bad - she had been treated bad by most of the poeple she had come in contact with. Most of her marriages didn't last any longer than four years.
What was really appalling is that she didn't just treat her kids bad (beating, locking them in the closet, tying them to the bed, etc.) in priv...more
I bought this at a used bookstore about 3 years ago and I finally read it - good general bio of Joan that came out BEFORE "Mommie Dearest" and it does mention how she was a horrible mother and probably never should have adopted kids so it confirmed to me that she really was an abusive mother. But she loved her dogs, so that counts.
Pretty much a bare-bones biography of stuff that most of us know. No real juicy gossip here, but I am tacky. I think the author was so mad about her daughter writing Mommie Dearest that he really didn't want to dwell on that. And, of course, there is a lot more to her than that sad but true part of her life. He did say that she should probably never had kids! Ya think? Children do make such nice accessories! It does put her into the perspective that perhaps she had no idea who she really was, ot...more
I enjoyed the book. It gives a glimpse into the life of a woman that was tortured, complex, desperate and interesting. Her past drove her to be a success, but it also tortured and haunted at the same time affecting those around her. I don't think that women like Joan Crawford will ever be fully understood because they were so good at hiding their true selves beneath the image and perhaps because she made the mistake of believing the image.
The begining of this book was good, the end was okay, but the middle of the book just dragged for me. Ms Crawford certainly was a different person than I thought she was.
This book was much better than the book about MGM's leading ladies that I picked up at the same time. For the most part, it kept to the facts without relying on gossip and speculation. It's been awhile since I read a biography, so I can't really say how good of a biography it was. But it was an enjoyable and quick read.
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Lucille sure was an interesting lady, and fine as hell to boot. Too bad she ended up in "TROG".
The one to start with on Joan.
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