This "autobiography" by/of Frances Farmer is said to have been ghost written by her friend Jean Ratcliffe and was published 2 years after her death. I was motivated to read this after seeing the movie "Frances", where Ms Farmer is portrayed by Jessica Lange. I was moved by the movie, and somewhat disturbed by the book.
Terrible! Obviously fabricated by Frances' friend who was trying to make a buck off her in the end. I didn't even finish it. It has long been established that there are many errors and lies in this book. Sooo disappointing because I'd like to know what she was really like as a person...
This is the autobiography of the movie star Frances Farmer.
From the back cover:
"[She] had everything. A latter-day Cinderella, she rose from a stormy, poverty-stricken childhood in Seattle to stardom on Broadway and in Hollywood in the turbulent thirties. She had beauty, talent, and a career that was the realization of the American dream. Then it all fell apart. And Frances Farmer was plunged into an unending nightmare of madness and degradation, of cruelty beyond endurance...and terror beyond belief."
From the back cover:
"[She] had everything. A latter-day Cinderella, she rose from a stormy, poverty-stricken childhood in Seattle to stardom on Broadway and in Hollywood in the turbulent thirties. She had beauty, talent, and a career that was the realization of the American dream. Then it all fell apart. And Frances Farmer was plunged into an unending nightmare of madness and degradation, of cruelty beyond endurance...and terror beyond belief."
