Natasha
The Biography of Natalie Wood
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The New York Times bestselling definitive biography of Natalie Wood, Natasha is the haunting story of a vulnerable and talented actress whom many of us felt we knew.
We watched her mature on the movie screen before our eyes—in Miracle on 34th Street, Rebel Without a Cause, West Side Story, Splendor in the Grass, and on and on. She has been hailed—along with Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor—as one of the top three female movie stars in the history of film, making her a legend in her own lifetime and beyond. But the story of what Natalie endured, of what her life was like when the doors of the soundstages closed, has long been obscured.
Natasha is based on years of exhaustive research into Natalie's turbulent life and mysterious drowning. Author Suzanne Finstad conducted nearly four hundred interviews with Natalie's family, close friends, legendary costars, lovers, film crews, and virtually everyone connected with the investigation of her strange death.
Through these firsthand accounts from many who have never spoken publicly before, Finstad has reconstructed a life of emotional abuse and exploitation, of almost unprecedented fame, great loneliness, poignancy, and loss. She sheds an unwavering light on Natalie's complex relationships with James Dean, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Raymond Burr, Warren Beatty, and Robert Wagner and reveals the two lost loves of Natalie's life, whom her controlling mother prevented her from marrying.
Finstad tells this beauty's heartbreaking story with sensitivity and grace, revealing a complex and conflicting mix of fragility and strength in a woman who was swept along by forces few could have resisted.
Customer Reviews
Natasha by Suzanne Finstad
I was unable to give any stars to this book because while I've always been a fan of Natalie Wood & excited to read this,what showed up on my iPad is apparently 220 or so pages of what appear to be corrections of some kind and no story of any kind. I'd be very pleased if you can correct this & allow me to read the book that I paid for. This is I believe, the 3rd time something similar to this has happened. Depending on whether or not this gets corrected, I will decide whether to ask for corrections of the other 2 unreadable books I have on my iPad , as well as whether or not I'll be spending my fixed income funds on any more iTunes books. Thank you.