seeking a father-figure she could emasculate, while Joan was still a romantic, waiting for Prince Charming to arrive in a white convertible.” He could have added other parallels: Joan and Bette each had four husbands and lost one in death; they both supported their mothers and a sibling (Joan’s brother, Bette’s sister); both adopted children; and both had daughters who later wrote books claiming they had fearsome childhood years. From the start,
