American Rose A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee

NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLERAmericawasflyinghighintheRoaringTwenties.Then,almostovernight,theGreatDepressionbroughtitcrashingdown.Whenthedustsettled,peoplewereprimedforastarwhocoulddistractthemfromreality.EnterGypsyRoseLee,astrutting,bawdy,eruditestripperwhopossessedagiftfordeliveringexactlywhatAmericaneeded.Withhersuperbnarrativeskillsandeyefordetail,KarenAbbottbringstolifeaneraofambition,glamour,struggle,andsurvival.Usingexclusiveinterviewsandnever-before-publishedmaterial,shevividlydelvesintoGypsy’sworld,includingherintensetrianglerelationshipwithhersister,actressJuneHavoc,andtheirformidablemother,Rose,apetitebutferociouswomanwholiterallykilledtogetherdaughtersonthestage.WeavinginthecompellingsagaoftheMinskys—fourscrappybrothersfromNewYorkCitywhowouldpavethewayforGypsyRoseLee’sbrandofburlesqueandtransformtheentertainmentlandscape—KarenAbbottcreatesarichaccountofalegendwhosesensationaltaleoftragedyandtriumphembodiestheAmericanDream.,