Frank & Ava : in love and war
Brady, John Joseph, 1942-2015
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The love story of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner has been told piecemeal, from one side or the other, but has never been fully explored or explained, until now. The story begins in Hollywood's golden age when Ava, ever insecure, was emerging as a movie star. But she fell in (and out of) love too easily. Mickey Rooney married her as a conquest. Artie Shaw treated her like a dumb brunette. Neither marriage lasted a year. Then, after being courted by Howard Hughes and others, along came Sinatra, who was battling his own insecurities. MGM fired him, his record company dropped him, and no one seemed to want him, except Ava. Thoroughly researched and reported, 'Frank & Ava' is not another storybook version of a Hollywood romance but a compelling drama of love and emotional war that left two iconic celebrities wounded for life.
Main title:
Frank & Ava : in love and war / by John Brady.
Author:
Brady, John Joseph, 1942-, author
Imprint:
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2015.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781250070913 (hbk)
Dewey class:
782.4'2164'0922
Language:
English
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BRN:
249746
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