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Original Title:	Valley of the Dolls
ISBN:	0802135196 (ISBN13: 9780802135193)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Anne Welles, Neely O'Hara, Jennifer North
Setting:	New York State(United States) New York City, New York(United States)

Valley of the Dolls Paperback | Pages: 442 pages

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Title	:	Valley of the Dolls
Author	:	Jacqueline Susann
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 442 pages
Published	:	September 22nd 1997 by Grove Press (first published February 1966)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance

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Dolls: red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight-for Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, it doesn't matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three women become best friends when they are young and struggling in New York City and then climb to the top of the entertainment industry-only to find that there is no place left to go but down-into the Valley of the Dolls.

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Hollywood is run by men. And men are cruel. It doesn't help when things like the wish to please and to be loved come into play for women like the three that this book is about. This was an unexpectedly burdensome read that I didn't expect to affect me as much as it did. Valley of the Dolls centers around the friendship of three young women: The romantic Anne, the talented Neely and the beautiful Jennifer. All three of them come to New York in the 40s in order to make it and over the course of

Back cover proclaimed that it was brilliant. Was in fact rubbish. Lyon Burke is basically a cardboard cutout, yet apparently everyone's in love with him. What. The narrative is bad enough to be bad, but not bad enough to be funny. You spend pretty much the first half of the book wondering when something actually interesting is going to happen, and then when it does, you've lost any and all interest in the people that things are happening to. The only character I liked was Helen. On and on and on

I read this in high school... goodness knows why. I didn't particularly enjoy it, though it does keep moving along and kind of holds you in town hoping that eventually things will go right for the characters or that they will have some insight into their lives and take a little responsibility or face up and change eventually... but it never happens. This has got to be one of the most depressing books I've ever read. Unfortunately I can't even really say it presents women in a bad light or

I bought a copy for 10p at the Oxfam shop. I returned to my space age bachelor pad, switched on my lava lamp, reclined on my La-Z-Boy (late 1970s Magic Fingers model), mixed a bright puce cocktail made out of three parts flamingos and ten parts vermouth with amusing parasols stuffed in the tall tall glass, then I threw on that cd where some genius put modern beats to Gregorian chants, and with my ultramarine-dyed and topiaried poodle named Gregoire gazing raptly up at me I read up to page 100

The more I think of this book the more it frustrates me.... Slashing that rating but still recommending it as a must read because that's the way my crazy brain works!Buddy read with AnuWhen reading this you have to bear in mind it's 50+ years since it was first published so my god this must have caused an absolute scandal. It's an utterly salacious exploration of fame, fortune and how to get to the top... But also how to come crashing down again. It's filled with casual drug use, casual sex,

Well. I have conflicting opinions about this book. First, and most obviously, this was almost entirely meant to be a mental vacation after the insanity of planning and executing a wedding in 6 months. In that capacity, "The Valley of the Dolls" shone brilliantly. I was highly entertained by the book and the easy trashiness was somehow comforting, as it always is. But I couldn't help actually reading the book whilst I was busy regaining balance in my chi or whatever. It's an irritating habit of

Reading Valley of the Dolls is akin to eating a pint of your favorite ice cream, in that it's wonderful and delicious down to the last bit, but it can come with a bit of a hangover if you start to think about what you just did.This is the story of Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, and their struggles to survive as women - women who want love, careers, a comfortable standard of living, etc., mostly in New York, but also in LA, and primarily in the stage and film businesses. It's gossipy, brutal, and