![]() ![]() Stenn’s account is well-researched, and the book is full of quotes from interviews and notes which are well documented, something I appreciate. How she embraced her sexuality and had a sense of independence in her relationships, of which she had several at a time, is refreshing, but some of the reckless things she did invited scandal, and she became a pariah of sorts in Hollywood before retiring from films at age 28 and living the life of a recluse thereafter. Bow had little education or guidance, and was ill-equipped to handle the fame that grew from her earliest films at around 17, until she was a superstar at 22, in 1927. ![]() Mental illness ran in the family, and it’s hard to fathom traumatizing events of childhood like her mother locking her in a cupboard while she prostituted herself, her mother threatening to kill her when she began trying to get work in show business, or her father raping her when her mother was committed to an asylum. ![]() Such a sad life behind the animated face of the “It” girl, Clara Bow, and David Stenn does a good job telling her story, from beginning to end. ![]()
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