LEGENDS & ICONS: FOUR AMERICAN LIVES – NONFICTION
In Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face, Scott Eyman delivers a definitive portrait of the Hollywood icon, drawing on interviews and never-before-seen documents and photos from her estate. From her rise out of poverty to stardom in musicals and films like Mildred Pierce and Johnny Guitar to four marriages and an Academy Award, Eyman reveals the story behind Crawford’s turbulent, dazzling life. Marisa Meltzer’s It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin is the first comprehensive biography of the actress, singer, and style icon – and her cultural impact. Her effortless style and artistic legacy were captured in her music and film career. And she was of course the inspiration behind one of the world’s most coveted bags, the Hermès Birkin. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner’s Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist explores how the sweet, sensitive son of Puerto Rican parents from an immigrant neighborhood in New York City became the creator of the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights – and a recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur “Genius Grant” – while rising to become the preeminent musical storyteller of the 21st century. Laurie Gwen Shapiro’s The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon unveils the untold story of Earhart’s decadelong marriage to Putnam, heir to the Putnam & Sons throne. Their partnership supported her grand ambitions, but it also pressed her into increasingly treacherous stunts.
Buy Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face – Eyman
Buy It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin – Meltzer
Buy Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist – Pollack-Pelzner
Buy The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon – Shapiro
