{"product_id":"candy-darling","title":"Candy Darling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, The Brooklyn Public Library, NBC New York \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors’ Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year (So Far): \u003ci\u003eW \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Must-Read: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e,  \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bay Area Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInsideHook, San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[A] monumental biography.” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Hilton Als, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A rich portrait of a glittering, communal, and bygone NYC . . . [and] of the glamorous queer icon.” —Arimeta Diop, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou must always be yourself no matter what the price . . . Don’t dare destroy your passion for the sake of others. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling was glamour personi?ed, but she was without a real place in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet and queer, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets like Kim Novak. She found her turn in New York’s early O?-O?-Broadway theater scene, in Warhol’s ?lms \u003ci\u003eFlesh \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWomen in Revolt\u003c\/i\u003e, and at the famed nightclub Max’s Kansas City. She inspired songs by Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones. She became friends with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, borrowed a dress from Lauren Hutton, posed for Richard Avedon, and performed alongside Tennessee Williams in his own play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet Candy lived on the edge, relying on the kindness of strangers, friends, and her quietly devoted mother, sleeping on couches and in cheap hotel rooms, keeping a part of herself hidden.  She wanted to be a star, but mostly she wanted  to be loved. Her last diary entry was: “I shall try to be grateful for life . . . Cannot imagine who would want me.” Candy died at twenty-nine in 1974, just as conversations about gender and identity were beginning to enter the broader culture. She never knew it, but she changed the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrimming with all the ?zz and wildness of New York in the 1960s and ’70s, this is the ?rst biography of this extraordinary ?gure—an unintentional pioneer who became an icon. Cynthia Carr’s \u003ci\u003eCandy Darling\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with tales of luminaries, gossip, and meticulous research, laced with Candy’s words and her friends’ recollections, and signals Candy’s long-overdue return to the spotlight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes 16 pages of color photographs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395340673406,"sku":"NW9781250371744","price":12.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781250371744.jpg?v=1778674694","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/candy-darling","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}