{"product_id":"ava-gardner-love-is-nothing-9780312312107","title":"Ava Gardner: \"love Is Nothing\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most complete and engrossing biography yet of this exotic Southern girl...Excellent.--Liz Smith \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was the sex symbol who dazzled all the other sex symbols. She was the temptress who drove Frank Sinatra to the brink of suicide and haunted him to the end of his life. Ernest Hemingway saved one of her kidney stones as a sacred memento, and Howard Hughes begged her to marry him--but she knocked out his front teeth instead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was one of the great icons in Hollywood history--star of \u003ci\u003eThe Killers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Contessa\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Night of the Iguana\u003c\/i\u003e--and one of the few whose actual life was grander and more colorful than any movie. Her jaw-dropping beauty, charismatic presence, and fabulous, scandalous adventures fueled the legend of Ava Gardner--Hollywood's most glamorous, restless and uninhibited star. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA seductive book.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeliciously entertaining.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIrresistible and finally heartbreaking.--\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Star-Ledger\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuper.--\u003ci\u003eUSA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this acclaimed first full biography of Gardner, Lee Server recreates--with great style and vivid detail--the actress's life, from her beginnings as a barefoot North Carolina farm girl to her heady days as a Hollywood goddess. He paints the full spectacle of her tumultuous private life--including her string of failed marriages to Mickey Rooney, Sinatra and Artie Shaw--and Gardner's lifelong search for adventure and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAva Gardner\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eLove is Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e is both an exceptional work of biography and a richly entertaining read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312312107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 6.35w x 1.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/27\/2007 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2013 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lee Server","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635827765404,"sku":"9780312312107","price":32.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0081b2d9-46ad-479c-a2e2-1e1a47045de0.jpg?v=1603840638","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ava-gardner-love-is-nothing-9780312312107","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}