Natural Blonde: A Memoir (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780786863259)

America's top gossip columnist spills the beans as she traces five decades of battling press agents and editors and landing celebrity scoops." (Variety) From Tallulah Bankhead to Joan Crawford to the Kennedys and Madonna, the ultimate insider, Liz Smith, has hobnobbed, air-kissed, and lunched with just about everybody who's been anybody over the last half century and then rushed to tell the world all about it. Now, in this candid, down-to-earth autobiography, she tells all about herself, and does it with the kind of style and warmth that has made her one of the most widely read columnists in history. But she wasn't always famous, and in Natural Blonde she reveals how a young woman from rural Texas came to New York hell-bent on making something of her life. From her salad days as a small-time reporter, typist, and proofreader to her triumphs at the Daily News, Newsday, New York Post and her 1995 Emmy for reporting, Liz tells what it's really like to be seen and heard by millions of people every day. One of the most-quoted people of our time, she offers a rare, private peek into the real person behind the witty quips and media coverage. Certainly one of the most eagerly anticipated autobiographies in years, Natural Blonde will give Liz Smith readers the item they've been waiting for the ultimate inside scoop from the "Grande Dame of Dish."

Author: Liz Smith
ISBN-10: 0786863250
ISBN-13: 9780786863259
Publisher: Sterling Publications
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2000
Pages: 460
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.44d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 07/01/2000 pg. 1977
Harper's Bazaar 09/01/2000 pg. 424
Entertainment Weekly 09/29/2000 pg. 126
New Yorker (The) 10/02/2000 pg. 128
Publishers Weekly 09/18/2000 pg. 103
New York Times 10/29/2000 pg. 24
Booklist 10/15/2000 pg. 388
New York Times 12/03/2000 pg. 81
Publishers Weekly 09/15/2000