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Citizen Jane: The Turbulent Life of Jane Fonda
Details the life of one of Hollywood's most independent and controversial actresses, including her marriages and affairs, her activism and shrewd entrepreneurship, and her bouts with drug abuse and bulimia
- GenresBiographyNonfiction
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1990
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Christopher Andersen
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Christopher Peter Andersen is an American journalist and the author of 32 books, including many bestsellers. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Andersen joined the staff of Time Magazine as a contributing editor in 1969. From 1974 to 1986 Andersen was senior editor of Time Incorporated's People Magazine. He has also written for a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, The New York Daily News, Life, and Vanity Fair.
While his early nonfiction books veered from psychology (The Name Game) to true crime (The Serpent's Tooth) to art collecting ('The Best of Everything', with former Sotheby's chairman John Marion), he is best known for his controversial biographies. Between 1991 and 2011, he published 14 New York Times bestselling biographies. Andersen wrote Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones in July 2012. The book quickly became Andersen's 15th New York Times bestseller.
Christopher Peter Andersen is an American journalist and the author of 32 books, including many bestsellers. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Andersen joined the staff of Time Magazine as a contributing editor in 1969. From 1974 to 1986 Andersen was senior editor of Time Incorporated's People Magazine. He has also written for a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, The New York Daily News, Life, and Vanity Fair.
While his early nonfiction books veered from psychology (The Name Game) to true crime (The Serpent's Tooth) to art collecting ('The Best of Everything', with former Sotheby's chairman John Marion), he is best known for his controversial biographies. Between 1991 and 2011, he published 14 New York Times bestselling biographies. Andersen wrote Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones in July 2012. The book quickly became Andersen's 15th New York Times bestseller.
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December 28, 2021
Another book that highlights the shallow lives of those who grow up under the shadow of the Hollywood sign. Jane Fonda was double cursed by having a show biz family. Like most people of my era I cannot get out of my mind the fact Jane Fonda not only showed her true "depth" or rather lack thereof, during the Vietnam years but she single handedly managed to stir up the enemy and demoralized American soldiers. No one who knows anything of Fonda's anti-war "performances" can ever forget the shocking pictures of her yukking it up with the north Vietnamese, examining their weaponry and making faces at the cameras. Proof positive that public displays never go away from people's memories, especially when the display is infamous
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