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Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann

 
Description: ISBN 1860498876 / Author: Jacqueline Susann / Genre: Fiction / Publisher: Virago Press Ltd

Newest Review: ... trying to make it in acting. They both meet Jennifer North, known widely for her beauty and fully aware that her looks and ... more

 ... body may well be her only talent. All three manage to make it in their lines of work - Anne becomes the face of a make-up giant, Neely gets a break on Broadway and eventually becomes one of the world's most well known film actresses, and Jennifer moves to Europe to pursue a career in art-houses making risqué films. Although the plot sounds simple enough, Susann weaves a story full of twists and turns and really focuses on what fame, money and a lack of perspective can do. There is a darker side to the story, namely i...more

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Premium Review Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann: A cult classic indeed (468 words)
by chazzabelle - written on 31/03/08 (Very useful, 26 readings)
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Jacqueline Susann wrote Valley of the Dolls in the 1960s and since then, it has gone on to sell millions of copies worldwide and is widely accepted as a cult classic. It follows three girls throughout the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s as they try to make it in the fickle world of the American entertainment industry. Anne is a girl from a small town called Lawrenceville. She moves to New York with great ambition and a determination not to end up married to a boy down the road, forever living in boredom. There, she meets Neely O'Hara, a girl just 17 years of age trying to make it in acting. They both meet Jennifer North, known widely for her beauty and fully aware that her looks ...

 

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