Jacqueline Susann

Was she a real person?

Well, this doesn't count, I guess, but I read and greatly admired Barbara Seaman's biography of JS, Lovely Me.

Robert Susann, Jackie's father, was a philanderer and talented fine artist. Jackie got crushes on girls at camp and became a clothes horse. Her breast cancer diagnosis spurred her to write. Interesting, smart woman.

The cancer got her in the end.

I read The Valley of the Dolls and enjoyed it very much. It's a novel about which some people will reflexively say "It's such trash!"...but it's kind of the point. Screwed up people in an environment that doesn't let them find their true north. Interesting characters, most of all Helen Lawson!

read and reread valley of the dolls, it is good and trashy.moves quickly. there are a few typos in the text.

the love machine, i have read but didnt revisit, didnt like the characters. once is not enough, couldnt finish.

"she is not a writer, she is a typist!" 😂

I love Valley of the Dolls - really good book. I wish that HBO would do a mini-series that had the timeframe the same as the book. If you haven’t read it grab it now. It is the perfect summer read. If he was about 15 years younger I think that Dominic West would be a great Lyon Burke.

would love to see valley of the dolls done correctly,