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Thing of Beauty by Stephen Fried (1994, Mass Market)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPocket Books
ISBN-100671701053
ISBN-139780671701055
eBay Product ID (ePID)1116548
Product Key Features
Book TitleThing of Beauty
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Rich & Famous, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year1994
IllustratorYes
FeaturesReprint
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorStephen Fried
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length6.8 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN92-024800
ReviewsThe New York Times Book Review Vivid...The story of Gia Carangi...should be set out among the fashion magazines in modeling agency waiting rooms and any other place where teen-age girls who've been called pretty a little too often hang out...Stephen Fried's exhaustive account of Gia's brief life seems to have an important unanswered quesition on every page: why didn't anyone help Gia?, The New York Times Book ReviewVivid...The story of Gia Carangi...should be set out among the fashion magazines in modeling agency waiting rooms and any other place where teen-age girls who've been called pretty a little too often hang out...Stephen Fried's exhaustive account of Gia's brief life seems to have an important unanswered quesition on every page: why didn't anyone help Gia?, Boston GlobeStephen Fried has done an admirable job reconstructing Gia's frenzied life...Fried makes a convincing case, through recording Gia's travails, that fetching eyes and a killer body are not enough. This is a chilling tale that every pretty, stupid young thing should read., Boston Globe Stephen Fried has done an admirable job reconstructing Gia's frenzied life...Fried makes a convincing case, through recording Gia's travails, that fetching eyes and a killer body are not enough. This is a chilling tale that every pretty, stupid young thing should read.
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal659.152
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisAt age seventeen, Gia Carangi was working the counter at her father's Philadelphia luncheonette, Hoagie City. Within a year, Gia was one of the top models of the late 1970's, gracing the covers ofCosmopolitanandVogue,partying at New York's Studio 54 and the Mudd Club, and redefining the industry's standard of beauty. She was the darling of moguls and movie stars, royalty and rockers. Gia was also a girl in pain, desperate for her mother's approval—and a drug addict on a tragic slide toward oblivion, who started going directly from $10,000-a-day fashion shoots to the heroin shooting galleries on New York's Lower East Side. Finally blackballed from modeling, Gia entered a vastly different world on the streets of New york and Atlantic City, and later in a rehab clinic. At twenty-six, she became on of the first women in America to die of AIDS, a hospital welfare case visited only by rehab friends and what remained of her family.Drawing on hundreds of interviews with Gia's gamily, lovers, friends, and colleagues,Thing of Beautycreates a poignant portrait of an unforgettable character—and a powerful narrative about beauty and sexuality, fame and objectification, mothers and daughters, love and death., At age seventeen, Gia Carangi was working the counter at her father's Philadelphia luncheonette, Hoagie City. Within a year, Gia was one of the top models of the late 1970's, gracing the covers of Cosmopolitan and Vogue, partying at New York's Studio 54 and the Mudd Club, and redefining the industry's standard of beauty. She was the darling of moguls and movie stars, royalty and rockers. Gia was also a girl in pain, desperate for her mother's approval--and a drug addict on a tragic slide toward oblivion, who started going directly from $10,000-a-day fashion shoots to the heroin shooting galleries on New York's Lower East Side. Finally blackballed from modeling, Gia entered a vastly different world on the streets of New york and Atlantic City, and later in a rehab clinic. At twenty-six, she became on of the first women in America to die of AIDS, a hospital welfare case visited only by rehab friends and what remained of her family. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with Gia's gamily, lovers, friends, and colleagues, Thing of Beauty creates a poignant portrait of an unforgettable character--and a powerful narrative about beauty and sexuality, fame and objectification, mothers and daughters, love and death., The "vivid...exhaustive" ( The New York Times Book Review ) account of the iconic and tragic life, career, and legacy of supermodel Gia Carangi. At seventeen, Gia Carangi was working the counter at her father's Philadelphia luncheonette. Within a year, she was one of the world's top models, gracing the covers of Cosmopolitan and Vogue , partying at Studio 54, and redefining the fashion industry's standard of beauty. But behind the glitz and fame, Gia was a young woman in pain, desperate for her mother's approval and facing a drug addiction that quickly spun out of control. With dizzying speed, she went from $10,000-a-day fashion shoots to using drugs on the streets of New York and Atlantic City before finally being blackballed from modeling. At twenty-six, Gia once again made history as one of the first famous women to die of AIDS. This "chilling tale" ( The Boston Globe ), based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, lovers, and fashionistas (the term author Stephen Fried coined for her industry colleagues), is comprehensively explored in this unputdownable biography that will introduce Gia to a new generation. It is also a powerful exploration of our society's views of beauty and sexuality, fame and objectification, mothers and daughters, love and death.
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- May 26, 2021
Book NOT about Gia herself. its about the people & things around her.
I've only read half, but I finish all the book I start., so Im painfully trudging though! So far there is little about Gia! There are pages about David Bowie, because Gia loved him. There is page after page about her moms love life because its Gias mom. Same about photographers, nightclubs, and the list goes on. Seems author didnt know much about Gia herself!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 17, 2020
Well written
Such an amazingly written story. Absolutely loved it very easy read and it will have you wanting more.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Oct 07, 2020
Deep...
This book about the life of Gia Carangi is no holds barred amazing.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 24, 2020
Re- a thing of beauty
Awesome book!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jun 12, 2018
Great book
Great dealVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Aug 10, 2022
excellent
coolVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
