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Valley Of The Dolls (VMC) [Paperback]

Jacqueline Susann (Author), Julie Burchill (Introduction)
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Publication Date: 24 Nov 2003 | Series: VMC

The exploits and excesses of three pill-popping showbiz heroines: Anne, the smalltown girl supposedly modelled on Grace Kelly, who captivates a millionaire but falls for an English cad; Jennifer, the beautiful Marilyn Monroe clone who possesses everything - except immortality; and Neely, the ruthless Judy Garlandesque understudy-turned-superstar. As friends - and enemies - they learn the hard way that fame, fortune, beauty and stardom don't always equal happiness.

Jacqueline Susann's sensational novel staked her claim as a pop pioneer, perfectly crystallized the decadence of the 1960s - and ushered in a whole new genre of mass-market fiction.

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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Virago; New Ed edition (24 Nov 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1860498876
  • ISBN-13: 978-1860498879
  • Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 19.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 12,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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About the most fun you can have without a prescription! (Julie Burchill )

Much imitated, but never bettered (DAILY TELEGRAPH )

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. (VILLAGE VOICE )

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 )

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* The ground-breaking pop-culture classic and one of the most famous bestsellers of all time!
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5.0 out of 5 stars What a way to start off the New Year! 11 Jan 2006
By DevJohn01
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Doesn't it seem like the best books are the ones that you've had on your wish list forever and just seemed to keep skipping over? I've had Jacqueline Susann's `VALLEY OF THE DOLLS' on my Amazon wish list for years and never got around to actually ordering it but I decided to start of the New Year with something different and this cult classic was just what the doctor ordered!

Anne, the wide-eyed girl from Lawrenceville escapes her doomed future as a housewife by moving to New York City in hopes of finding a life for herself. But no sooner than she arrives and gets settled in her new job and home does she end up on the cover of every newspaper and the talk of the town. But over the years Anne learns that the life she'd always dreamed of wasn't all that it was cracked up to be.

Neely is seventeen with all the enthusiasm her little body can handle. A performer in vaudeville since childhood Neely has what it takes to be a star. She is the ultimate triple threat she dances, sings like no other and can act too! Inevitably, by the age of twenty-one Neely becomes the biggest star around; unfortunately her ego grows just as big as her rising star. And with the help of her red, yellow and green "dolls" washed down with a little scotch nothing can stop her.

Jennifer has the face and the body to go far, however all she really wants is love. But unfortunately love doesn't pay the bills. And after a few failed marriages to some of Hollywood's most prominent players Jennifer realizes that her body is her ticket to stardom. Soon she becomes Europe's biggest star... because in Europe anything goes.

I absolutely could not put this book down. Originally it was the old school style that hooked me, I felt like I was watching an old movie with the 1960's dialogue such as "Hey, what's this, a gag?" or the regular use of the words geez and golly but soon I was sucked in by the lives of Anne, Neely and Jennifer as they each rose to stardom and fell just as easily.

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5.0 out of 5 stars not chick lit 18 Nov 2007
By love reading TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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I'd always imagined this book to be chick lit (and I hate chick lit)from the past but I was really surprised. The tragedy is wise and insightful yet the book is easy to read and gripping. I found the book to be current and not at all outdated.
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4.0 out of 5 stars It's a man's world... 18 Oct 2007
By Countess Olenska
Format:Paperback
Initially I found the book a little dull and thought it was just old-fashioned chick lit, but actually it's really good and addresses a lot of issues that women have to deal with today including careers, being financially independent, when to have children and how to protect a man's fragile ego if you earn more or have a better job than him.

Three women - Anne, Jennifer and Neely - meet up and become friends in New York in the mid-1940s and the book traces their friendship and their lives through the 1950s and 1960s. All the women work in the entertainment industry and go on to be really successful in their fields, but the success doesn't bring happiness and they all wind up relying on pills to keep them awake and thin, put them to sleep or simply to help them forget how lonely they are.

Sadly, the men always seem to disappoint and this book paints a grim picutre of them, but I suppose that's how some women saw men in the 1950s and early 1960s. In Valley of the Dolls, the men are weak, vain, shallow and reluctant to commit or even be loyal to the women they profess to love.

Most of the time they are more concerned with having a pretty, young and thin women hanging off their arms and off their every word than being with an equal. Even Lyon who is younger, more intelligent and has seen more of the world and should know a little better is just as bad.

The book is a sad reminder that yet again, it's really hard for a woman to have it all - a good job, a good man and children. You can only get a couple of those at most but not all three!

Anyway, it's a good book and very readable!
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5.0 out of 5 stars VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
A very rare and hard book to find, had one a long time ago but got damaged so i was glad when i found someone who wanted to sell this book, a very good price
Published 2 months ago by Cat
5.0 out of 5 stars Trashtastic!
If you're looking for a modern classic with a contemporary story line then try Valley of the Dolls.

Starting in the mid 1940's and continuing through to the early... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Bookboodle
4.0 out of 5 stars "It was more fun at the bottom when you started"
"After a pause Neely said, 'Anne . . . I . . . we did it.' 'Did what?' 'You know.' 'Neely . . . you mean . . . ?' 'Uh huh. It hurt a lot and I didn't come. Read more
Published 7 months ago by notjim
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good
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Published 14 months ago by AnnaBanana
5.0 out of 5 stars Please put Ms Susann on Kindle!!!
I purchased Valley of the Dolls as one of those "cult classics" that you must read. Now I know where Jackie Collins got it from! Read more
Published 16 months ago by Jeanette
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourites
I didn't want this book to end. I can't believe it was written so long and still its so current. All the characters have something that makes you want to learn more about them, I... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Runlikemad
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy a vintage book
Valley of the Dolls was chosen for my book group, couldn't get a new copy - but so pleased I bought a 2nd hand one, as its an old classic - so looked much cooler with an original... Read more
Published 19 months ago by EmmaMc
5.0 out of 5 stars Valley of the Dolls
I really enjoyed Valley of the Dolls. Yes, it was a little dated but it really evoked the period. I thought it would be real chick lit but it was so much better. Read more
Published 21 months ago by SaraLovely
5.0 out of 5 stars what a great read.
i saw the film valley of the dolls years ago.and i loved it so much.
and the other night it was showing on the tv.but i missed the episodes. Read more
Published 21 months ago by A. Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing read, great edition
'Valley of the Dolls' follows the exploits of three women over a span of twenty years, beginning with the modestly beautiful Anne Welles in 1945, a likeable heroine whose eagerness... Read more
Published 23 months ago by jemapelle
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