American Rose : A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee (Hardcover)

from horomnizon

Let me preface this by saying I'm 34...so much of my knowledge of Gypsy Rose Lee before reading this book came from the musical "Gypsy", which I quickly found out was quite a fabrication. I expected the book to be interesting, but I got pretty bored with it about half way through. Honestly, it's ...

from amandacb

My main critiques of the book are that it does flip back in forth from younger ages of the girls to older ages, which can get confusing (as they are called different names as youths and older women). Also, I felt the story tended to focus way more on her sister than Gypsy herself.

from yukon92

Interesting book about the famouse Gypsy Rose Lee... only thing I found confusing was the constant switching of times with every chapter.... 1 chapter was chronological, next chapter was 30 years later, then again chronological.... I am sure there were other readers who were confused by this.

from TheLostEntwife

So when I began to read this book I knew absolutely nothing about Gypsy Rose Lee. Silly, naive me, I thought I'd be reading about a Broadway entertainer - maybe the female counterpart to Al Jolson. Oh, how wrong I was. Gypsy Rose Lee was.. a stripteaser. You've seen Burlesque? Yup - Gypsy was par...

from picardyrose

I would have liked this better if she hadn't jumped around in time. Someone who was dead on, say, page 90 took a turn for the better on page 100 because of a jump back in time. It was confusing. Also, she writes like this: "A hand tunneled out from the sheet. She coiled long, blade-thin fingers a...