Valley of the Dolls (first published 1966) '-' The 50th Anniversary Edition of Jacqueline Susann's All-Time Pop-Culture Classic... The perfect gift for any Valley fan or your favorite Doll, featuring a new cover design • introduction by Simon Doonan • never-before-seen archival material • an essay from Jackie, “My Book Is Not Dirty!” -- "At a time when women were destined to become housewives, Jacqueline Susann let us dream. Anne, Neely, and Jennifer become best friends as struggling young women in New York City trying to make their mark. Eventually, they climb their way to the top of the entertainment industry only to find that there’s no place left to go but down, into the "Valley of the Dolls".
Jacqueline Susann's sensational story of three pill-popping women (whom she modeled, rumor has it, after Judy Garland, Grace Kelly, and Marilyn Monroe) perfectly crystallized the "decadence" of the 1960s. Unavailable in paperback for over 15 years, the all-time bestselling work of fiction returns.
[IMDb] Valley of the Dolls (1967) -- Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business. Michele Lee has been cast to play Susann in a CBS made-for-TV movie in January 1998.
[About the Author]: Jacqueline Susann was one of the most successful writers in the history of American publishing. Her first novel, Valley of the Dolls, published in 1966, is one of the best-selling books of all time. When The Love Machine was published in 1969, it too became an immediate #1 bestseller and held that position for five months. When Once is Not Enough was published in 1973, it also moved to the top of the best-seller list and established Jackie as the first novelist in history to have three consecutive #1 books on The New York Times Best Seller list. She was a superstar, and became America’s first brand-name author.
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