An expansive and illuminating study of legendary writer Dorothy Parker’s life and legacy in
Hollywood from the author of the “fascinating” ( Town & Country ) Three Martini Afternoons at
the Ritz . The glamorous extravagances and devasting lows of her time in Hollywood are
revealed as never before in this fresh new biography of Dorothy Parker—from leaving New York
City to work on numerous classic screenplays such as the 1937 A Star Is Born to the devastation
of alcoholism a miscarriage and her husband’s suicide. Parker’s involvement with anti-fascist
and anti-racist groups which led to her ultimate blacklisting and her early work in the civil
rights movement that inspired her to leave her entire estate to the NAACP are also explored as
never before. Just as she did with her “deliriously fast-paced and erudite” ( Library
Journal ) dual biography of Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath Gail Crowther brings Parker back to
life on the page in all her wit grit and brilliance.
