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Take my advice go with World's Greatest Entertainer of Judy, to get a good bio of Miss Show Biz: Judy Garland

I hated this book
Although Shipman was quite good when writing about her performances when it got to her as a person he seems to hate her. Just a few examples which got me shaking my head and saying how stupid does he think we are, is his version of her reason for not showing at Liza's off-broadway debut. He wants to imply it is her selfishness and jealousy of her daughter, (how stupid can you get, Shipman). Anyone really understanding the enormous heart of Judy Garland knows she didn't want to draw attention away from her daughter's debut, which of course she would have been unable to avoid, and suffered for her daughter's sake missing what she would have absolutely loved to have been able to attend. There are so many of these examples throughout the book. When before an interview with Jacqueline Suzanne before the making of 'Valley of the Dolls' she insists Suzanne proceed her, he again wants to say it was to draw attention to herself. As if she needed to draw attention to herself! Of course that was just what she was trying not to do but of course couldn't stop it. There are so many good books about Judy, don't read this one, unless you want to just concentrate on Shipman's good reviews and ignore is absolutely stupid interpretations of her motives.

What a piece of filth!
One reviewer says this book to be "The truth"! Ha! Hey, how about actually reading most of the books ever written on Judy Garland, as I have, and then you will disagree with your own statement!
This piece of filth has many facts completely wrong! What is it with English writers hating Judy Garland?! This book even dares to state that Judy was bisexual! She may have had two bisexual husbands, and father, but Judy was normal! Yes, Judy was by no means perfect! She was a smoker, but she was no alcoholic! She did have problems with perscrption drugs, but that wasn't her falt! She was given drugs by her mother before she could talk, to wake up, to sleep, whatevr she felt they needed them for. Yes, Judy Garland was addicted to "pep-up" pills, and "downers", but she did try various times in her life to get off them, but she never quite could, her body needing more and more of them.
contray to manys' beliefs, Judy did not commit suicide, or intentionally overdose on sleeping pills. She had said herself in life that sometimes it was hard to remember what pills she had taken when, and would on occasion accidently overdose, which is what happened on the night/morning she died.
This book, should be titled "The Totally False Rumors of Judy Garland", becouse that is what it is! This book is not the truth anymore than is the fact we live on Pluto! It is not worth the paper it is printed on!
If you want the truth of Judy Garland's life, I recommend "Judy" by Gerold Frank or "Me and My Shadows: Living with the Legacy of Judy Garland" by Judy's daughter Lorna Luft. By one of those!
Don't waste your time with this trash!