{"product_id":"ava-gardner-the-secret-conversations-peter-evans-paperback","title":"Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations -- Peter Evans, Paperback","description":"The wickedly candid New York Times bestesller that Ava Gardner dared not publish during her lifetime--\"the heartbreaking memoir of the ultimate heartbreaker\" (Philadelphia Inquirer).Ava Gardner was one of Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars during the 1940s and '50s, an Oscar-nominated leading lady who co-starred with Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, and Humphrey Bogart, among others. But this riveting account of her storied life, including her marriage to Frank Sinatra, and career had to wait for publication until after her death--because Gardner feared it was too revealing. \"I either write the book or sell the jewels,\" Gardner told coauthor Peter Evans, \"and I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels.\" The legendary actress serves up plenty of gems in these pages, reflecting with delicious humor and cutting wit on a life that took her from rural North Carolina to the heights of Hollywood's Golden Age. Tell-all stories abound, especially when Gardner divulges on her three husbands: Mickey Rooney, a serial cheater so notorious that even his mother warned Gardner about him; bandleader Artie Shaw, whom Ava calls \"a dominating son of a bitch...always putting me down;\" and Frank Sinatra (\"We were fighting all the time. Fighting and boozing. It was madness. But he was good in the feathers\"). \"Her story is a raw-nerved revelation. . . . A vivid portrait\" (Chicago Tribune). Witty, penetrating, unique in its voice, it is impossible to put down--\"A complete delight\" (Philadelphia Inquirer).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Evans, Ava Gardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451627701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Evans was a columnist and foreign correspondent with the \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e (UK), and wrote for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as every major newspaper in Britain. His books include \u003ci\u003ePeter Sellers: The Man Behind the Mask\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNemesis\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2012. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAva Gardner was born in Grabtown, North Carolina, in 1922. Her films include \u003ci\u003eThe Killers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShowboat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMogambo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Contessa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Also Rises\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn the Beach\u003c\/i\u003e. She died in London in 1990.","brand":"Peter Evans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650606489828,"sku":"9781451627701","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781451627701.jpg?v=1726801586","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/ava-gardner-the-secret-conversations-peter-evans-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}