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The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983–1992
by Tina Brown
Have to be honest I have never purchased a copy of the magazine Vanity Fair and I may have read a copy while in any number of waiting rooms. So why read Tina Brown's diaries? Insight, you are given an intimate view of history and some of the major players.
Brown takes you from her days at Tattler to Vanity Fair and allows you to understand the politics behind putting a magazine together. It is a fascinating read as you appreciate the effort to design the layout and create an edition that will sell. There is a considerable amount of name dropping but done in a reporters way, she was at a dinner and met so and so. Some of the character descriptions are humorous and insightful. It is not all fame, Brown also lays bare some of her own private moments. One of the saddest moments is when you realise how many of Brown's friends and colleagues were struck down by AIDS.
These diaries give a really wonderful personal perspective on a period of time where was a great of deal of change.
Brown takes you from her days at Tattler to Vanity Fair and allows you to understand the politics behind putting a magazine together. It is a fascinating read as you appreciate the effort to design the layout and create an edition that will sell. There is a considerable amount of name dropping but done in a reporters way, she was at a dinner and met so and so. Some of the character descriptions are humorous and insightful. It is not all fame, Brown also lays bare some of her own private moments. One of the saddest moments is when you realise how many of Brown's friends and colleagues were struck down by AIDS.
These diaries give a really wonderful personal perspective on a period of time where was a great of deal of change.