Too Fast, Too Short by Jennifer Ann Redmond instant download

Too Fast, Too Short by Jennifer Ann Redmond instant download

American actress and socialite Diana Barrymore (1921–1960) was a figure often overshadowed by her famous lineage and tragic narrative. In Too Fast, Too Short: The Life of Diana Barrymore, author Jennifer Ann Redmond illuminates Barrymore's complex world, revealing a woman caught between the glittering facade of Hollywood and the dark shadows of her personal struggles.
That she was the confused, neglected daughter of legendary actor John Barrymore is common knowledge. Just as central to Barrymore's story is the profound influence of her mother, poet/playwright Michael Strange. Both distant and domineering, Strange's contradictory nature stifled Barrymore and her siblings, thrusting her into a socialite world she neither desired nor understood. Barrymore's familial relationships were marked by pain and complexity. Her older brother, Leonard, was detached, and the golden child brother, Robin, who lived openly as a gay man in an era of secrecy, died by suicide after...