{"id":3025,"date":"2011-03-23T11:58:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T16:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2011-03-23T11:58:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T16:58:23","slug":"biography-booklist-remembering-elizabeth-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=3025","title":{"rendered":"Biography Booklist: Remembering Elizabeth Taylor (1932 – 2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>“Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor, a two-time Oscar winner and Hollywood beauty whose screen success was sometimes overshadowed by her tumultuous personal life, died on Wednesday at age 79.” [via Los Angeles Times<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

The library owns several biographies on Elizabeth Taylor, including: (linked to the catalog)<\/p>\n

Elizabeth by J. Randy Taraborrelli<\/strong><\/a>
\n“A portrait of Oscar award-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor examines her struggles with drugs and alcohol in the 1960s and 1970s, her philanthropic work as an AIDS activist, and her successes as a businesswoman.”<\/p>\n

Elizabeth : the life of Elizabeth Taylor by Alexander Walker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Furious love : Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the marriage of the century by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger<\/strong><\/a>
\n“The definitive, larger-than-life account of the greatest Hollywood love story ever — the romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton”<\/p>\n

The most beautiful woman in the world : the obsessions, passions, and courage of Elizabeth Taylor by Ellis Amburn<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A passion for life : the biography of Elizabeth Taylor by Donald Spoto<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Also available from the consortium:<\/p>\n

How to be a movie star : Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood by William J. Mann<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Liz : an intimate biography of Elizabeth Taylor by C. David Heymann<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Elizabeth takes off : on weight gain, weight loss, self-image, and self-esteem by Elizabeth Taylor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Rachel Syme of NPR offers up her list of the three books<\/a> you should read about Elizabeth Taylor. And The Los Angeles Times Jacket Copy has a list of sixteen titles<\/a> about the actress that you may want to check out (some are listed above).<\/p>\n

[Summaries provided by the publisher; quoted from the catalog.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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