{"product_id":"candy-darling-dreamer-icon-superstar-9781250371744","title":"Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003eBest Biography of 2024\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for a National Book Critics Circle Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year (So Far): \u003ci\u003eW \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Must-Read: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bay Area Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInsideHook, San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] monumental biography.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Hilton Als, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rich portrait of a glittering, communal, and bygone NYC . . . [and] of the glamorous queer icon.\" --Arimeta Diop, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou must always be yourself no matter what the price . . . Don't dare destroy your passion for the sake of others. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling was glamour personified, but she was without a real place in the world. \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\u003eand \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, just as conversations about gender and identity were beginning to enter the broader culture. She never knew it, but she changed the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrimming with all the fizz and wildness of New York in the 1960s and '70s, this is the first biography of this extraordinary figure--an unintentional pioneer who became an icon. Cynthia Carr's \u003ci\u003eCandy Darling\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with tales of luminaries, gossip, and meticulous research, laced with Candy's words and her friends' recollections, and signals 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 Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250371744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Cynthia Carr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45038255997109,"sku":"9781250371744","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_84df6b1a-058a-4453-a0eb-5657ac14c9c8.jpg?v=1737475325","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/candy-darling-dreamer-icon-superstar-9781250371744","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}