jeffreyreads 's review for:

4.0

This is certainly the most well written and in-depth Garland biography out there but I’m surprised by what the author chose to gloss over and/or not include altogether. The chapters concerning her childhood and MGM years are richly and exhaustively detailed, yet the ones about her later career and death are missing a lot — the author doesn’t mention her recording contract with Capitol Records whatsoever, lots of irrelevant celebrity gossip is discussed, and details surrounding her decline and death felt rushed.