Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations

Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations

The wickedly candid New York Times bestesller that Ava Gardner dared not publish during her lifetimeâ‚¬"â‚¬Å“the heartbreaking memoir of the ultimate heartbreakerâ‚¬Â (Philadelphia Inquirer).

Ava Gardner was one of Hollywoodâ‚¬s biggest and brightest stars during the 1940s and â‚¬50s, an Oscar-nominated leading lady who co-starred with Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, and Humphrey Bogart, among others. But this riveting account of her storied life, including her marriage to Frank Sinatra, and career had to wait for publication until after her deathâ‚¬"because Gardner feared it was too revealing.

â‚¬Å“I either write the book or sell the jewels,â‚¬Â Gardner told coauthor Peter Evans, â‚¬Å“and Iâ‚¬m kinda sentimental about the jewels.â‚¬Â The legendary actress serves up plenty of gems in these pages, reflecting with delicious humor and cutting wit on a life that took her from rural North Carolina to the heights of Hollywoodâ‚¬s Golden Age. Tell-all stories abound, especially when Gardner divulges on her three husbands: Mickey Rooney, a serial cheater so notorious that even his mother warned Gardner about him; bandleader Artie Shaw, whom Ava calls â‚¬Å“a dominating son of a bitchâ‚¬Â¦always putting me down;â‚¬Â and Frank Sinatra (â‚¬Å“We were fighting all the time. Fighting and boozing. It was madness. But he was good in the feathersâ‚¬Â).

â‚¬Å“Her story is a raw-nerved revelation. . . . A vivid portraitâ‚¬Â (Chicago Tribune). Witty, penetrating, unique in its voice, it is impossible to put downâ‚¬"â‚¬Å“A complete delightâ‚¬Â (Philadelphia Inquirer).
Country USA
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-07-02
UnitCount 1
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-07-02
UnitCount	1
Format	Kindle eBook