American Rose
American Rose NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica was flying high in the Roaring Twenties. When the dust settled, people were primed for a star who could distract them from reality. Then, almost…
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American Rose
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica was flying high in the Roaring Twenties. When the dust settled, people were primed for a star who could distract them from reality. Then, almost overnight, the Great Depression brought it crashing down.
With her superb narrative skills and eye for detail, Karen Abbott brings to life an era of ambition, glamour, struggle, and survival. Enter Gypsy Rose Lee, a strutting, bawdy, erudite stripper who possessed a gift for delivering exactly what America needed. Using exclusive interviews and never-before-published material, she vividly delves into Gypsy's world, including her intense triangle relationship with her sister, actress June Havoc, and their formidable mother, Rose, a petite but ferocious woman who literally killed to get her daughters on the stage.
Weaving in the compelling saga of the Minskys--four scrappy brothers from New