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libraryneenja 's review for:
The Lady from the Black Lagoon
by Mallory O'Meara
This was like a biography and a detective story all at once. And it's... I can feel the love, the admiration, just all the emotion from Mallory. It's clear she cares so much about getting Milicent's story told. It's a story that should be told. Milicent did not get the credit she should have, and in fact was actively kept from getting credit for her talent. She broke a lot of ground, too, more than once being the only woman in the room working along with the guys. And her personal life is covered too, from childhood to death, as best as could be managed. But like I said, there's more than a biography here. We get Mallory's journey too. Her love of horror films, how Milicent had been such an influence on her, things she has had to endure as a woman in the field, and how much digging she had to do to find out enough to write this book. By the time I finished this book, I cared so much about Milicent. I felt emotionally invested in this woman, one I had never heard of before I picked up the book. This needed to be told and Mallory did an amazing job.