![]() ![]() “ pursued every thread, every story, every source she could find to develop a complete picture of the woman who grew up in the movies and died before completing her last one… a tragedy foretold at every turn of the page… an eerie tale.” The information Finstad has discovered about Wood’s horrific childhood, her anxiety-ridden stardom, and her mysterious death is deeply disturbing.” “Natasha is at once unusual, impressive, disturbing, and revelatory… impressive in its detail, in the author’s careful examination of the information and in the way it is skillfully woven into the story…. ![]() “A haunting portrait of the late film star…” ![]() “Emotionally compelling… Finstad is an effective storyteller… an unusually sympathetic look at an actress who used her personal demons to fuel the emotions that she brought to her roles even as she struggled to hide those demons from a public that worshiped her.” “Finstad also has a keen sense of how that city’s dream factory simultaneously turns women into stars and leaves them bereft… the woman who emerges in this biography is not a distant celebrity but a real person…” ![]() “Suzanne Finstad presents a poignant, intensely sympathetic portrait of the vulnerable, sensitive little girl who grew up to be the quintessential Hollywood star.” ![]()
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