ISBN: 0553240021
Godina izdanja: 1984
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Irving Mansfield, Jean L. Block - Life with Jackie
Bantam, 1984
291 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro
With photo insert in the middle.

Jacqueline Susann made publishing history as America`s first woman superstar novelist with three consecutive #1 bestselling blockbusters--VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, THE LOVE MACHINE, and ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH--with DOLORES, YARGO and EVERY NIGHT JOSEPHINE. Through the course of her career, she garnered millions of devoted fans and became one of the most popular and visible literary personalities in history. Her triumphs were public knowledge. But her tragedies were jealously guarded secrets. Now for the first time, Irving Mansfield, Jackie`s husband of 35 years and the one person who knew her best, reveals the truth about this glamorous woman whose own life was even more dramatic than the novels that made her famous. LIFE WITH JACKIE celebrates the legend--and the real woman behind it.

`An enormous party was being held to celebrate my wife`s newest bestseller, ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH. I stood off to the side, watching her, Jackie smiled, her dark cyrs glowed. To look at her you`d think she owned the world. No one knew that early that morning Jackie had the latest in a series of chemotherapy treatments for cancer. We had been living with the ache of this secret for ten years. Ten years in which we lived ten lifetimes...`
Jacqueline Susann made publishing history as America`s first woman superstar novelist with three consecutive #1 bestselling block-busters-VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, THE LOVE MACHINE, and ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH-along with DOLORES, YARGO and EVERY NIGHT JOSEPHINE Through the course of her career, she garnered millions of devoted fans and became one of the most popular and visi ble literary personalities in history. Her triumphs were public knowledge. But her tra gedies were jealously guarded secrets.
Now for the first time, Irving Mansfield, Jackie`s husband of thirty-five years and the one person who knew her best, reveals the truth about this glamorous woman whose own life was even more dramatic than the novels that made her famous.
LIFE WITH JACKIE celebrates the legend-and the real woman behind it. It is the story of the tall, dark stage-struck beauty from Philadelphia who kissed Mainline society goodbye to marry a brash, successful Broadway press agent. It is also the story of a young, ambitious writer who learned on the eve of her first publishing success that she had cancer From that moment on, Irving devoted himself to her career, abandoning his future as a radio-TV producer to guide her to the top
Here are all the dark unfolding memories in a life brimming with pleasure. Revealing, for the first time, Irving and Jackie`s secret weekends of heartbreak and love with someone deeply cherished and overly part of their lives: their autistic son, Guy. Here also are
the laughs and the marvellous untold stories and anecdotes: best friend Billy Rose and the unexpected result of the bargain he struck with John ohn Kennedy`s father, Judy Garland`s desperate call for help, Jackie`s disastrous attempt as a saloon singer, and much more. And here are all the funny, sad, and wonderful happenings in the memorable drama of a woman with courage and a rage to live.
Above all, here is their love story, the inspiring portrait of a marriage that made two people better than one could ever be. Whether or not you have ever loved a Jacqueline Susann novel, LIFE WITH JACKIE is a story you will never forget.

IRVING MANSFIELD, husband of the late Jacqueline Susann, was a noted press agent and radio-TV producer. His shows included Fred Allen`s `Allen`s Alley `Arthur Godfrey`s Talent Scouts.` `On Broadway Tonight` and many others. Most recently he served as Executive Producer on the CBS-TV miniseries of `Jacqueline Susann`s Valley of the Dolls`
JEAN LIBMAN BLOCK, former editor and columnist for Good Housekeeping, is co-author of a number of biographies.


`A LIFE THAT GLITTERED AS BRIGHTLY AS ANY OF SUSANN`S OWN CHARACTERS!` -COSMOPOLITAN
THE LEGEND. THE WOMAN. THE CELEBRITY.
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. THE LOVE MACHINE. ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH. They made Jacqueline Susann a glamorous superstar, the bestselling woman novelist of all time. But through it all, even up to the very end, Jackie kept two tragic secrets from her friends and millions of adoring fans: an autistic son upon whom she lavished endless love, and the painful illness she courageously lived with for over a decade.
Now, in an intimate and sometimes shocking account, Jackie`s loving husband of thirty-five years, Irving Mansfield, relives those unforgettable times. Here too are the priceless behind-the-scenes stories of a life lived in fame`s burning spotlight. The heartbreaking friendship with Judy Garland. The Duchess of Windsor`s scandalous secret. And Jackie`s glorious revenge on lifelong enemy, Truman Capote.
Here is the extraordinary life of a one-of-a-kind woman whose storytelling legacy will live forever-the legendary Jacqueline Susann.