Jacqueline Susann

Valley of the Dolls

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Dolls: red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight—for Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, it doesn’t matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three women become best friends when they are young and struggling in New York City and then climb to the top of the entertainment industry—only to find that there is no place left to go but down—into the Valley of the Dolls.
Sex, drugs and more--Jacqueline Susann's addictively entertaining trash classic about three showbiz girls clawing their way to the top and hitting bottom in New York City has it all. Though it's inspired by Susann's experience as a mid-century Broadway starlet who came heartbreakingly close to making it, but did not, and despite its reputation as THE roman á clef of the go-go 1960s, the novel turned out to be weirdly predictive of 1990s post-punk, post-feminist, post “riot grrrl” culture. Jackie Susann may not be a writer for the ages, but--alas!--she's still a writer for our times.
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  • Gwyn Desiertohas quoted2 years ago
    He was a stranger now, bound to her by law but belonging to someone else. Yet she loved him.
  • Gwyn Desiertohas quoted2 years ago
    Maybe I never knew . . . maybe I dreamed him into an image.
  • Gwyn Desiertohas quoted2 years ago
    I can hardly look at him without wanting to reach out and touch him.

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