With the critically acclaimed Sin in the Second City,
bestselling author Karen Abbott “pioneered sizzle history” USA
Today. Now she returns with the gripping and expansive story of
America’s coming-of-age—told through the extraordinary life of
Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered.
America in the Roaring Twenties. Vaudeville was king. Talking
pictures were only a distant flicker. Speakeasies beckoned beyond
dimly lit doorways; money flowed fast and free. But then, almost
overnight, the Great Depression leveled everything. When the dust
settled, Americans were primed for a star who could distract them
from grim reality and excite them in new, unexpected ways. Enter
Gypsy Rose Lee, a strutting, bawdy, erudite stripper who possessed
a preternatural gift for delivering exactly what America
needed.
With her superb narrative skills and eye for compelling detail,
Karen Abbott brings to vivid life an era of ambition, glamour,
struggle, and survival. Using exclusive interviews and
never-before-published material, she vividly delves into Gypsy’s
world, including her intensely dramatic triangle relationship with
her sister, actress June Havoc, and their formidable mother, Rose,
a petite but ferocious woman who seduced men and women alike and
literally killed to get her daughters on the stage.
American Rose chronicles their story, as well as the story of the
four scrappy and savvy showbiz brothers from New York City who
would pave the way for Gypsy Rose Lee’s brand of burlesque.
Modeling their shows after the glitzy, daring reviews staged in the
theaters of Paris, the Minsky brothers relied on grit,
determination, and a few tricks that fell just outside the law—and
they would shape, and ultimately transform, the landscape of
American entertainment.
With a supporting cast of such Jazz- and Depression-era
heavyweights as Lucky Luciano, Harry Houdini, FDR, and Fanny Brice,
Karen Abbott weaves a rich narrative of a woman who defied all odds
to become a legend—and whose sensational tale of tragedy and
triumph embodies the American Dream.
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