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Candy Darling : dreamer, icon, superstar / Cynthia Carr.

Carr, Cynthia, 1950- (author.).

Summary:

"The Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling was glamour personified, but she was without a real place in the world. Growing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet and queer, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets, and then found her turn in New York's early Off-Off-Broadway theater scene. A Warhol superstar, she became a transgender icon. She inspired songs by Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones, made friends with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, borrowed a dress from Lauren Hutton, posed for Richard Avedon, and performed alongside Tennessee Williams in his own play. Yet Candy lived on the edge, relying on the kindness of strangers and friends, sleeping on couches and in cheap hotel rooms, keeping a part of herself hidden. She wanted to be a star, but mostly she wanted to be loved. She died at twenty-nine, in 1974, just as conversations about gender and identity were beginning to enter the broader culture." --from the publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 1250371740
ISBN: 9781250371744
Physical Description: 417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-397) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	"You sure you're not a girl?" -- The double life -- In the chrysalis -- Candyland -- Some glamour, some glory -- The last superstars -- Almost -- Star trip -- Just revolting -- Vain Victory -- A glittering facade -- Stardusk -- A diamond-shaped heart.