Valley of the Dolls

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As they each start their careers the girls endure the pressures of success as well as heartache with their love life which leads to a slippery slope mixing "Dolls" (Seconals and other pills) with alcohol to cope. As the "dolls" become a constant in their lives it takes a toll and affects all of them. Rebello, Stephen (2020). Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!: deep inside Valley of the dolls, the most beloved bad book and movie of all time. [New York, New York]. pp.xi–xiv. ISBN 978-0-14-313350-6. OCLC 1127541604. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) Tony: “What do you want to be? Jesus! Miriam’s right. You want to own me, to dry me out! I give what I have to singing.” Her mother just told her that her aunt died and Anne was like, “I couldn’t go. My mother didn’t really care. Didn’t really want me to be there. It would just look nice for Lawrenceville” UHM, Anne, your Aunt just died and the only thing you care about is yourself and whether your Mommy loves you or not, stop being so selfish.

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Gino: “Hi Anne I’m so glad you’re going to marry my son instead of some other ‘bimbo’ who only wants him for his money” Kevin: God! Anne! You’re so weak! All this time I’m with you I thought you were a lady but you’re just a bum! I’m done with you! BYE. Neely is seventeen when she becomes a star, and of course, it gets to her head. She becomes tempermental and moody. Signs of a genius, they call it, until it becomes too much for them. She becomes addicted to the dolls - to maintain her figure, to help her sleep, to stay sane. Her first marriage to the doting Mel fails because of her vanity and infidelity. Her second to Ted, because of his. Throughout the story, despite her childish behaviour, in spite of her tantrums, I never hated Neely. She came up through pure talent, and that was rare. She did stupid things. She had nervous breakdowns. I liked her through it all. Until. Until she performs her last act of ultimate betrayal. And thusly, she was made a caricature. A caricature of a talented Hollywood superstar whose personal life is in a complete shambles, who turns out to be a total stereotype.Of all the characters in the book was it Neely that I had the most problems with. Right from the start did I feel that she was annoying and towards the end of the book I really hated her. I really mean that I almost had a throw the book away moment because of her. I get angry just thinking about her while writing the review. Jennifer, I feel sorry for, she is so beautiful, but her mother controlled her life and not even her beauty could make her really happy, or rather her beauty would be the end for her since that was all people saw. And then we have Anne, who only wanted real love, and in the end, she got love, but at a cost. And, the book turned out to be quite good, in the kind of depressing way when you read something that you know will not end on a happy note. And, I was right. Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, they all reach success in their own way, but that doesn't mean that their life will be happy and unhappiness in love, addiction to pills and illness mark their lives. I would say that this book written 50 years ago and taking place over 20 years from the middle of the 40s could just as well has been written today. Not, much has changed in the world and the struggle to get to the top is still a dangerous climb. I mean how many celebrities have not died because of drugs in the last couple of years?

Valley of the Dolls: 50th Anniversary Edition Kindle Edition Valley of the Dolls: 50th Anniversary Edition Kindle Edition

The wild, scandalous, fun, and depressing lives of New York's young and ambitious women trying to make it to the top. Once they get there, however, it's all but dolls from there. They jump into willful ignorance and disregard. All the attention, fame, and effort put into getting what they desire doesn't equate to the so-called glamorous and happy life. The struggle seemed to never leave, but the help of dolls brought on a way to cope. Fremont-Smith, Eliot. Thank You, Franz Kafka! The New York Times. February 4, 1966. Retrieved January 10, 2017.a b c d e Rebello, Stephen (2020). Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!: deep inside Valley of the dolls, the most beloved bad book and movie of all time. [New York, New York]. pp.285–289. ISBN 978-0-14-313350-6. OCLC 1127541604. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown Following the lives of Anne, Jennifer, and Neely, from 1945-1965, the novel covers their struggles and triumphs...and their responses to the inevitability of aging.

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Allen, I know you’re furious at me — and the things you’ve said, you’ve said in anger. I want us to remain friends.” Actually there a lot of other parallels: the themes of reinvention through false identities, focuses on the American dream of success (note that it's becoming a stinking rich capitalist for men and a famous actress/model for women), and plots that hinge on characters doing stupid shit because of LOVE. Anne was just a small town girl living in the lonely world who took the midnight train going to New York. She and her friends Neely and Jennifer are just three girls trying to make it in '40s New York. Anne, educated at Radcliffe, is an all-American girl, who starts off as a secretary, but becomes the face of a cosmetics line. Neely, fresh-faced and nervous, who by her talent rises to become one of Hollywood's greatest stars. Jennifer, gorgeous, is defined by her beauty rather than by who she is as a person. Would have worked too, had Susann not decided to make caricatures of her characters. Jennifer follows Neely's path to Hollywood, where she marries nightclub singer Tony Polar. She becomes pregnant but gets an abortion after learning that Tony has the hereditary condition Huntington's chorea—a fact his domineering half-sister and manager Miriam had been concealing. When Tony's mental and physical health decline, Miriam and Jennifer place him in a sanitarium. Faced with Tony's mounting medical expenses, Jennifer makes French "art films" — soft-core pornography — to pay the bills. Jennifer learns she has breast cancer and, thinking her body is her only currency, commits suicide rather than face a mastectomy.Neely was my least favorite. I really disliked her early on in the book, which disappointmented me because she starts out as a very likeable character. It didn’t get better, I continued to dislike her to the very end. She showed her true colors only running to her friends when she really needed them but when she was on top she would forget about them even though they tried to be a constant in her life, the "dolls" and stardom were her only worries. a b c Rebello, Stephen (2020). Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!: deep inside Valley of the dolls, the most beloved bad book and movie of all time. [New York, New York]. pp.275–276, 280. ISBN 978-0-14-313350-6. OCLC 1127541604. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)