The Resource Last girl before freeway : the life, loves, losses, and liberation of Joan Rivers, Leslie Bennetts
Last girl before freeway : the life, loves, losses, and liberation of Joan Rivers, Leslie Bennetts
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- Summary
- "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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Nobody Ever Wanted It More -- "But She Has No Talent!" -- ch. Two Dying Is Easy. Comedy Is Hard -- ch. Three Dicks and Balls -- Breaking Into the Boys' Club -- ch. Four Stardom and Wifedom -- Happily Ever After? -- ch. Five Westward Ho -- California Dreamin -- ch. Six The First Lady of Comedy -- Nothing Is Sacred -- ch. Seven Victim as Enforcer -- Terrorizing Women Into Submission -- ch. Eight The Temptation of Joan -- Poisoned Apple -- ch. Nine A Thankless Child -- "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" -- ch. Ten Debacle -- The Death of a Show, a Marriage---and a Husband -- ch. Eleven Recovery -- The Long Road Back -- ch. Twelve Reinventing a Career -- "I Can Rise Again!" -- ch. Thirteen Art and Commerce -- All in a Day's Work -- ch. Fourteen Home Sweet Versailles -- Marie Antoinette Meets Auntie Mame -- ch. Fifteen High Society -- Putting On the Ritz -- ch. Sixteen But Is It Good for the Jews? -- Sex, Politics, and Religion --
- Contents note continued: ch. Seventeen Men Are Stupid -- Beauty and Betrayal -- ch. Eighteen Back to the Top -- Fighting Like "A Rabid Pit Bull" -- ch. Nineteen Fashion Forward -- Triumph of the Mean Girls -- ch. Twenty Daughter Dearest -- How to Succeed in Show Business -- ch. Twenty-One The Time of Her Life -- Fame, Friends, and Fun -- ch. Twenty-Two The Final Mountain -- Gathering Shadows -- ch. Twenty-Three Grand Finale -- Sudden Exit, Pursued by Bear -- ch. Twenty-Four Legacy -- Laughter and Liberation -- Epilogue: Updates from the Afterlife -- "You Were fat, you bitch!"
- Isbn
- 9780316261302
- Label
- Last girl before freeway : the life, loves, losses, and liberation of Joan Rivers
- Title
- Last girl before freeway
- Title remainder
- the life, loves, losses, and liberation of Joan Rivers
- Statement of responsibility
- Leslie Bennetts
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10539956
- Cataloging source
- EYM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bennetts, Leslie
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Rivers, Joan
- Comedians
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the life, loves, losses, and liberation of Joan Rivers
- Label
- Last girl before freeway : the life, loves, losses, and liberation of Joan Rivers, Leslie Bennetts
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Nobody Ever Wanted It More -- "But She Has No Talent!" -- ch. Two Dying Is Easy. Comedy Is Hard -- ch. Three Dicks and Balls -- Breaking Into the Boys' Club -- ch. Four Stardom and Wifedom -- Happily Ever After? -- ch. Five Westward Ho -- California Dreamin -- ch. Six The First Lady of Comedy -- Nothing Is Sacred -- ch. Seven Victim as Enforcer -- Terrorizing Women Into Submission -- ch. Eight The Temptation of Joan -- Poisoned Apple -- ch. Nine A Thankless Child -- "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" -- ch. Ten Debacle -- The Death of a Show, a Marriage---and a Husband -- ch. Eleven Recovery -- The Long Road Back -- ch. Twelve Reinventing a Career -- "I Can Rise Again!" -- ch. Thirteen Art and Commerce -- All in a Day's Work -- ch. Fourteen Home Sweet Versailles -- Marie Antoinette Meets Auntie Mame -- ch. Fifteen High Society -- Putting On the Ritz -- ch. Sixteen But Is It Good for the Jews? -- Sex, Politics, and Religion --
- Contents note continued: ch. Seventeen Men Are Stupid -- Beauty and Betrayal -- ch. Eighteen Back to the Top -- Fighting Like "A Rabid Pit Bull" -- ch. Nineteen Fashion Forward -- Triumph of the Mean Girls -- ch. Twenty Daughter Dearest -- How to Succeed in Show Business -- ch. Twenty-One The Time of Her Life -- Fame, Friends, and Fun -- ch. Twenty-Two The Final Mountain -- Gathering Shadows -- ch. Twenty-Three Grand Finale -- Sudden Exit, Pursued by Bear -- ch. Twenty-Four Legacy -- Laughter and Liberation -- Epilogue: Updates from the Afterlife -- "You Were fat, you bitch!"
- Control code
- 000058929638
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316261302
- Lccn
- 2016938566
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)944933737
- Label
- Last girl before freeway : the life, loves, losses, and liberation of Joan Rivers, Leslie Bennetts
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Nobody Ever Wanted It More -- "But She Has No Talent!" -- ch. Two Dying Is Easy. Comedy Is Hard -- ch. Three Dicks and Balls -- Breaking Into the Boys' Club -- ch. Four Stardom and Wifedom -- Happily Ever After? -- ch. Five Westward Ho -- California Dreamin -- ch. Six The First Lady of Comedy -- Nothing Is Sacred -- ch. Seven Victim as Enforcer -- Terrorizing Women Into Submission -- ch. Eight The Temptation of Joan -- Poisoned Apple -- ch. Nine A Thankless Child -- "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" -- ch. Ten Debacle -- The Death of a Show, a Marriage---and a Husband -- ch. Eleven Recovery -- The Long Road Back -- ch. Twelve Reinventing a Career -- "I Can Rise Again!" -- ch. Thirteen Art and Commerce -- All in a Day's Work -- ch. Fourteen Home Sweet Versailles -- Marie Antoinette Meets Auntie Mame -- ch. Fifteen High Society -- Putting On the Ritz -- ch. Sixteen But Is It Good for the Jews? -- Sex, Politics, and Religion --
- Contents note continued: ch. Seventeen Men Are Stupid -- Beauty and Betrayal -- ch. Eighteen Back to the Top -- Fighting Like "A Rabid Pit Bull" -- ch. Nineteen Fashion Forward -- Triumph of the Mean Girls -- ch. Twenty Daughter Dearest -- How to Succeed in Show Business -- ch. Twenty-One The Time of Her Life -- Fame, Friends, and Fun -- ch. Twenty-Two The Final Mountain -- Gathering Shadows -- ch. Twenty-Three Grand Finale -- Sudden Exit, Pursued by Bear -- ch. Twenty-Four Legacy -- Laughter and Liberation -- Epilogue: Updates from the Afterlife -- "You Were fat, you bitch!"
- Control code
- 000058929638
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316261302
- Lccn
- 2016938566
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)944933737
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