{"product_id":"still-here-the-madcap-nervy-singular-life-of-elaine-stritch-9781250758057","title":"Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's favorite nonfiction book of 2019 A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e's 17 Books We Can't Wait to Read This Fall \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCompulsively readable . . . ravenously consuming . . . manna from heaven . . . If ever someone knew how to put a genuinely irresistible book together, it's Jacobs in \u003ci\u003eStill Here\u003c\/i\u003e. --Jeff Simon, \u003ci\u003eThe Buffalo News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStill Here\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full telling of Elaine Stritch's life. Rollicking but intimate, it tracks one of Broadway's great personalities from her upbringing in Detroit during the Great Depression to her fateful move to New York City, where she studied alongside Marlon Brando, Bea Arthur, and Harry Belafonte. We accompany Elaine through her jagged rise to fame, to Hollywood and London, and across her later years, when she enjoyed a stunning renaissance, punctuated by a turn on the popular television show \u003ci\u003e30 Rock\u003c\/i\u003e. We explore the influential--and often fraught--collaborations she developed with No l Coward, Tennessee Williams, and above all Stephen Sondheim, as well as her courageous yet flawed attempts to control a serious drinking problem. And we see the entertainer triumphing over personal turmoil with the development of her Tony Award-winning one-woman show, \u003ci\u003e Elaine Stritch at Liberty, \u003c\/i\u003e which established her as an emblem of spiky independence and Manhattan life for an entirely new generation of admirers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStill Here, \u003c\/i\u003e Alexandra Jacobs conveys the full force of Stritch's sardonic wit and brassy charm while acknowledging her many dark complexities. Following years of meticulous research and interviews, this is a portrait of a powerful, vulnerable, honest, and humorous figure who continues to reverberate in the public consciousness.\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 11\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250758057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Alexandra Jacobs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38026488447157,"sku":"9781250758057","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_323344ed-b757-4e59-aa31-9ecde1bd751f.jpg?v=1609190563","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/still-here-the-madcap-nervy-singular-life-of-elaine-stritch-9781250758057","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}