{"product_id":"candy-darling-dreamer-icon-superstar-9781250066350","title":"Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling was glamour personified, but she was without a real place in the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet and queer, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets like Kim Novak. She found her turn in New York's early Off-Off-Broadway theater scene, in Warhol's films \u003ci\u003eFlesh\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen in Revolt, \u003c\/i\u003e and at the famed nightclub Max's Kansas City. She inspired songs by Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones. She became friends with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, borrowed a dress from Lauren Hutton, posed for Richard Avedon, and performed alongside Tennessee Williams in his own play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet Candy lived on the edge, relying on the kindness of strangers, friends, and her quietly devoted mother, sleeping on couches and in cheap hotel rooms, keeping a part of herself hidden. She wanted to be a star, but mostly she wanted to be loved. Her last diary entry was: \"I shall try to be grateful for life . . . Cannot imagine who would want me.\" Candy died at twenty-nine in 1974, as conversations about gender and identity were really just starting. She never knew it, but she changed the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePacked with tales of luminaries and gossip and meticulous research, immersive and laced with Candy's words and her friends' recollections, Cynthia Carr's \u003ci\u003eCandy Darling\u003c\/i\u003e is Candy's long-overdue return to the spotlight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes 16 pages of color photographs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250066350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cynthia Carr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43544358846645,"sku":"9781250066350","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_57a0a37a-72b1-4edd-8abe-884cf8c9c0c7.jpg?v=1706122128","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/candy-darling-dreamer-icon-superstar-9781250066350","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}