Edie: Girl on Fire
From Publishers Weekly Raised to stardom by Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick embodied art, drugs and fashion in '60s New York....
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(10/13/10) From Publishers Weekly Raised to stardom by Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick embodied art, drugs and fashion in '60s New York. A new feature film and a documentary coming this winter, and multiple books, attest to her legacy. This candid biography by Weisman, a codirector of her film Ciao! Manhattan, and co-writer Painter surpasses the others, like Edie Factory Girl (VH1 Books, Oct.). Moving from her dysfunctional, blue-blood New England upbringing to death in the grip of addiction, the book showcases 250 images interspersed with anecdotes from stars like Bob Dylan and George Plimpton, and an audio CD of Edie's final interviews. (Nov.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Book Description Model, film star, socialite, friend, lover, addict, Edie Sedgwick was the first "it" girl of the Andy Warhol Factory scene and later muse to Bob Dylan. The arc of Edie's life traced the rise and fall of the 1960s from idyllic experimentation to...See less