Edie: American Girl by Jean Stein Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Edie: American Girl
Book Review: Little Girl Lost
Summary: 5 Stars
I still have the worn hardback copy bought in the early 80's from a bargain bin - perhaps the best five bucks ever spent. Edie's life continues to enchant and horrify, years later, and it's one of the few books I return to every few years. Told as an oral history, it's full of anecdotes from those who knew and loved her, and others who were along for the crazy ride in Warhol's The Factory. Read the book before seeing "Factory Girl" when it's finally out in theaters soon. It's not likely the movie can do justice to this deep, intimate portrayal of the Sixties "Youthquaker" all outward breeze and style masking internal pain.Book Review: Miss Edie
Summary: 5 Stars
Her friends were fabulous, she was--- is thre any doubt her BIO would be?!Book Review: Probably The Best Book on Edie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is THE Edie book to buy if your only going to buy one. It is an honest biographical look at her with many insights into her life from family and friends. A large portion of the beginning of the book is devoted to the Sedgwick family and their history and I feel if you really want to understand Edie you have to know about her family and their past. A great book overall, very well rounded with some great photos included as well.Book Review: Psychology of a tragic heroine
Summary: 5 Stars
It's funny how a person's childhood experiences can set a person up for success or failure as an adult. However, in the case of Edie Sedgwick, her failures as an adult were definitely unfunny. I loved that this book relied only on quotes from the people who had met/known her. Exceptional research into every stage of Edie's life to uncover people who experienced her in each incarnation and brilliant editing make this an extremely special biography. It is evident that the choices the adult Edie made which were ultimately destructive were foreshadowed by events in her childhood. I don't think it's necessary for you to be fascinated by the scenes Edie lived through to enjoy the book. If you approach this as a psychological study of an individual, it becomes mainstream reading, not just a pop-culture chronicle.Book Review: READ THIS!
Summary: 5 Stars
Edie is a book that never fails to astonish. Although much of the book is about Warhol's Factory and ALL the people surrounding it, Edie does tend to be a centre character, providing the base for the book, much like in real life...She was a fixture of the factory, a piece of art in herself. Great photographs, excellent anecdotes (missing couch from moving van - where is it now?) You will never forget the self-destructive beauty that was EDIE!