a book
Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann · 2016 · 496 pages
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.
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Drew Barrymore
“Harvey Fierstein gave me a copy of Jacqueline Susann’s 1966 best-seller, and when I put down my classic and picked it up, I remembered that we sometimes need to get off our literary high horses and read something this absolutely delicious!”↗
RuPaul
““I’m always interested in the untold stories of Hollywood. Usually you get to hear them from real estate agents, hairdressers, makeup people…. but you never really see them on screen or on television because Hollywood does not like movies or television shows about itself. But Jacqueline did.” -R”↗