Valley Of the Dolls by Susann, Jacqueline

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Jacqueline Susann

Valley Of the Dolls Paperback – May 1 1999

by Jacqueline Susann (Author)

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The All-Time Pop Culture Classic!

Dolls: red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight-for Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, it doesn't matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three women become best friends when they are young and struggling in New York City and then climb to the top of the entertainment industry-only to find that there is no place left to go but down-into theValley of the Dolls.
The All-Time Pop Culture Classic!

Dolls: red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight-for Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, it doesn't matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three women become best friends when they are young and struggling in New York City and then climb to the top of the entertainment industry-only to find that there is no place left to go but down-into theValley of the Dolls.

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448 pages
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English
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GROVE/ATLANTIC
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May 1 1999
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14.61 x 3.18 x 21.59 cm
ISBN-10

9780802135193
ISBN-13

978-0802135193
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Sex and drugs and shlock and more--Jacqueline Susann's addictively entertaining trash classic about three showbiz girls clawing their way to the top and hitting bottom in New York City has it all. Though it's inspired by Susann's experience as a mid-century Broadway starlet who came heartbreakingly close to making it, but did not, and despite its reputation as THE roman á clef of the go-go 1960s, the novel turned out to be weirdly predictive of 1990s post-punk, post-feminist, post "riot grrrl" culture. Jackie Susann may not be a writer for the ages, but--alas!--she's still a writer for our times.

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Decades ahead of its time . . . Mesmerizing . . . The equation of emotional dependencies with drug addiction in one comprehensive personality disorder is, if anything, more chic today than in Susann's time; also prescient is the book's protofeminism."-Mim Udovitch,The Village Voice Literary Supplement

"I couldn't believe these weren't real girls because I know them. Maddeningly sexy. I wish I had written it."-Helen Gurley Brown

"Magnetic . . . [Susann]'s a natural storyteller . . . Valley is the kind of book that most of its readers cannot put down."-Nora Ephron

"Jackie, it seemed, understood by instinct that her readers were ready for the raw side of love . . . for a franker sexuality and a tougher kind of story-for romance with tears and oral sex."-Michael Korda,The New Yorker

"One of the steamiest novels ever written."-Earl Wilson
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0802135196
Publisher ‏ : ‎ GROVE/ATLANTIC (May 1 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780802135193
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802135193
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 410 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.61 x 3.18 x 21.59 cm

Best Sellers Rank: #677,220 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,037 in Stories of Friendship
- #15,761 in American Literature (Books)
- #42,173 in Literary Fiction (Books)

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Jacqueline Susann

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Jacqueline Susann is a publishing and pop-culture legend. Her debut novel, Valley of the Dolls, published in 1966, has sold over 31 million copies in thirty languages. Susann was the first author to have three consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers, following Valley of the Dolls with The Love Machine and Once is Not Enough. She was married to her beloved husband, producer Irving Mansfield, until her death on September 21, 1974, after a courageously fought battle with breast cancer. She was fifty-six.

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One Of The Biggest Sellers In History

Reviewed in Canada on October 6, 2023

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You've got to climb Mount Everest to reach the valley of the dolls...
So opens this novel about showbiz as three young women ascend to the heights over twenty years. Involving, funny, and was way ahead of its time as it presented all the pitfalls of too much success. As Jacqueline Suzanne once said: there is no room for deathless prose. Reads at a breezy pace with really first-rate character development. Complete with an article written by Suzanne defending the novel that critic's dubbed trash. Nope, it isn't. You will care about Anne, Neely, and Jennifer. And the word "dolls" was Suzanne's own word for pills. Get a box of Oreos and a large glass of milk and indulge. This is a page turner.

Jennifer L. Corney

It was very good and timeless

Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2020

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I ordered this book for book club

Easy and entertaining read!

Reviewed in Canada on June 6, 2022

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I really liked this book — Susann captured the zeitgeist of her time! Entertaining and diverting. Just enjoy 😊

Reviewed in Canada on January 10, 2014

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I havent finished it, bought it because I guess its one of thoes books you should read before you die, but am having a hard time getting into the story line, maybe it will pick up eventually

NightoftheLivingDollheads

Happy Birthday, Dolls!!💋

Reviewed in Canada on February 5, 2021

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I love this beautiful version celebrating it's 50th. So pretty and pink and black! Read this in the late '90s when I was sick with Bronchitis on Thanksgiving weekend in bed. Memories!!

Amazing read hard to put down.

Reviewed in Canada on October 23, 2021

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I read it first in 1966, enjoyed it then, enjoyed it now.

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Show biz in the 60's

Reviewed in Canada on October 26, 2018

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Great Characters and good incites into over the counter drug use. The ending wasn't very dramatic though. Could have been done better.

Reviewed in Canada on January 27, 2020

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Awesome delivery. Book in beautiful shape. Read it many years ago and am enjoying it all over again!

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Bibbitzmom

Fabulous Trash

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2023

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This is not fine literature but it's a fun read. The movie was set in the wrong time period, and the book is perfect for when it was set.
The three girls trying to make their fortunes is a time tested trope, and this is one of the best examples. Anne, the cultured Bostonian, Jennifer, the beauty and Neely the talented mess.
When this first came out, there was a lord of speculation about who was based on whom. After reading a lot of background stories, I've decided I don't much really care.
It's fun to guess but it's better to just take the characters at face value.
Jackie Susann knew this world, and I can imagine that when it first was published it was shocking. Now, it's just a glimpse into a world that's gone.

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Maria

im obsessed with this book

Reviewed in Brazil on June 2, 2022

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one of my favorite books of all time

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Elizabeth

Excellent!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2023

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So glad to have this seminal work back in my library, albeit on Kindle.

Sunita D.

Gripping

Reviewed in India on September 5, 2023

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This book took me to past and it felt like i am in the real scenario.

Gwenaëlle

Love it (the story).

Reviewed in Belgium on June 22, 2023

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It’s beautiful and tragic equally.

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