Christina Crawford Książki

"A long night's journey from anger and chaos to the peace of an inner awakening"--Jacket subtitle.

When Christina Crawfords harrowing chronicle of child abuse was first published in 1978, it brought global attention to the previously closeted subject. It also shed light on the guarded world of Hollywood and stripped away the fȧade of Christinas relentless, alcoholic abuser: her adoptive mother, movie star Joan Crawford. Christina was a young girl shown off to the world as a fortunate little princess. But at home, her lonely, controlling, even ruthless mother made her life a nightmare. A fierce battle of wills, their relationship could be characterized as an ultimately successful, for Christina, struggle for independence. She endured and survived, becoming the voice of so many other victims who suffered in silence, and giving them the courage to forge a productive life out of chaos.

Der Mord an Buck Simpson lässt Vivian – rücksichtslos, skrupellos und eine pathologische Lügnerin – als wohlhabende Witwe zurück, die ihren Launen frönen und das Leben für den Sohn, um den sie sich nicht kümmert, sowie die Stieftochter, die immer ihre Rivalin war, brutal gestalten kann.