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Last girl before freeway : the life, loves, losses, and liberation of Joan Rivers / Leslie Bennetts.
Author
Bennetts, Leslie, 1949-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
©2016
Description
ix, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
PN2287.R55 B46 2016
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Comedians
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United States
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Biography
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Rivers, Joan
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Biographies
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Summary note
"Joan Rivers was more than a legendary comedian; she was an icon and a role model to millions, a fearless pioneer who left a legacy of expanded opportunity when she died in 2014. Her life was a dramatic roller-coaster of triumphant highs and devastating lows: the suicide of her husband, her feud with Johnny Carson, her estrangement from her daughter, her many plastic surgeries, her ferocious ambition and her massive insecurities. But Rivers' career was also hugely significant in American cultural history, breaking down barriers for her gender and pushing the boundaries of truth-telling for women in public life. A juicy, intimate biography of one of the greatest comedians ever-a performer whose sixty year career was borne, simply, out of a desire to make people laugh so she could feel loved-LAST GIRL BEFORE FREEWAY delves into the inner workings of a woman who both reflected and redefined the world around her,"--Amazon.com.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Nobody Ever Wanted It More
Dying Is Easy. Comedy Is Hard
Dicks and Balls
Stardom and Wifedom
Westward Ho
The First Lady of Comedy
Victim as Enforcer
The Temptation of Joan
A Thankless Child
Debacle
Recovery
Reinventing a Career
Art and Commerce
Home Sweet Versailles
High Society
But Is It Good for the Jews?
Men Are Stupid
Back to the Top
Fashion Forward
Daughter Dearest
The Time of Her Life
The Final Mountain
Grand Finale
Legacy
Updates from the Afterlife.
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ISBN
0316261300 ((hardcover))
9780316261302 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2016040973
OCLC
944933737
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