Judy Garland by Anne Edwards
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Before reading this biography I read a smattering of reviews and was surprised at a consistent theme that the author was too forgiving of Garland. I don't see that. She calls Judy a naïve addict, gullible and usine self-abuse and attempted suicide as attention-getting schemes. This is hardly flattering. Garland is responsible for her actions as an adult, but what responsible does a child vaudevillian have for early habits of go- and no-go pills? Judy was obviously surrounded by sycophants and handlers that profited from her exertions enabled by chemical dependency. The second visitation of ex-husband Luft as an instigator of transforming her career into indentured servitude with a contract containg hair-trigger harsh penalties is particularly galling.
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