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Book Review of The Million Dollar Mermaid: An Autobiography

The Million Dollar Mermaid: An Autobiography
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If you enjoyed watching Ester Williams movies as a child, you will find this book interesting. This book tells in detail how difficult it was then to stage certain swimming scenes and the risks she took to film them. It also tells how she went from, an almost Olympian swimmer, to a Hollywood scarlet and business woman, and her difficult marriage to a man who squandered her money as fast as she could earn it.