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Post by lionessinwinter on Feb 5, 2009 12:31:10 GMT -5
I just finished Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley the sequel to GWTW. Well written and definitely worth a read !
I am now reading Mrs Lincoln by Catherine Clinton a bio of Mary Todd Lincoln. Being a native of Kentucky reading about President and Mrs Lincoln holds particular happiness for me.
I also have on my plate to read several books about or by Iris Murdoch.
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Post by martha on Feb 7, 2009 19:49:11 GMT -5
a book about international dramaturgy .. an edited volume .... focusing on the plays of timberlake wetenbaker. i'm working on a play of hers at the moment called NEW ANATOMIES and i'm entranced.
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Post by Richard on May 1, 2009 18:33:58 GMT -5
 I took a break from Edgar Allen Poe to read this, which I bought off ebay for only $10. It is a beautiful coffee table book (that means it's big and heavy) filled with publicity portraits, stills from her movies, her wardrobe and various possessions (in color!), snapshots and previously unpublished photos taken of her during her time spent overseas in WWII. Best of all, there are captions to each photograph co-written by her daughter. It also has a few anecdotes and words of appreciation (in the first 20 pages or so) written by people who either knew her more personally (Sternberg and Hemingway) or was simply a co-worker (directors and actors and composers). The photos are great and the captions are interesting. Still re-reading Riva's book... |
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Post by carol on Jul 2, 2010 12:12:09 GMT -5
Does anyone know of any books set in the 1940's? I've read one, called 'Dream when you're feeling blue' by Elizabeth Berg, it's reeeeally good! But I'd like to read more.. Anyone?
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Post by CrazyForKate on Jul 2, 2010 14:48:17 GMT -5
There's a Canadian novel called "Clara Callan" (by Richard B. Wright) set from about 1934-1938. It's about two sisters- one a lonely schoolteacher in Ontario, the other a somewhat flighty radio actress in New York. Sort of about the role of women in that time period. One of my very favourite books- have probably read it seven or eight times. It might be difficult to find in the USA, but well worth the search- and even has some scenes set in Hollywood during the making of GWTW.
I always imagined a film adaptation with Kate, Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis...it could never have been made when they were young enough...but oh, it would have been powerful.
Anyway, it's not 1940's, but certainly I feel a lot of you would like it.
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Post by charliesgirl7681 on Jul 2, 2010 21:07:54 GMT -5
I'm reading four books at once lol This is what happens when I'm off for the summer I get out my huge list of 'want to read' and start in on it.
I read Ginger's autobio and just finished Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule, I'm reading Lauren Bacall's autobio, and Like Me by Chely Wright (her autobio). I have about another 3 books to get through including Sizzling Sixteen. Yeah I need a life lol.
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Post by carol on Jul 4, 2010 12:37:32 GMT -5
Thanks CFK!  Sounds really interesting. Here in Portugal it might be a little difficult to find, maybe I should order it on the Internet. |
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Sounds really interesting. Here in Portugal it might be a little difficult to find, maybe I should order it on the Internet. 
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Just stumbled upon this interesting board.. Does anyone have any video interviews with KH?? Or maybe transcripts of them? I´ve been especially looking for the full version of the famous Cavett one forever and ever... 