For more than six decades she has been part of our lives. An
American icon, Elizabeth Taylor has been surrounded by fame
and notoriety since childhood. Now acclaimed biographer J.
Randy Taraborrelli looks past the tabloid version of
Elizabeth's life to the person she really is -- and how she
evolved from a child star to a woman in her own right. At
the heart of this impeccably researched work is the first
fully realized portrait of Elizabeth Taylor's family: her
canny, controlling mother, who, from the moment she laid
eyes on her baby, began plotting her success; and her
father, often portrayed as distant, but whose connection
with his daughter was far more complex than people knew.
As
Taraborrelli brings to life the people around Elizabeth and
her rise in 1940s Hollywood, he reveals the qualities that
made her a star, the associations that put her at the right
place at the right time, and the ways in which she was
singularly unprepared for life out on her own. While
Elizabeth's eight marriages to seven men have been widely
publicized, this author examines the psychological and
emotional roots of each relationship, including her abusive
marriage to Nicky Hilton, her attraction to swashbuckling
Mike Todd, and the complex, incendiary Taylor-Burton love
affair that continued for decades and never truly died.
Finally, Taraborrelli chronicles Elizabeth's most bravura
performance of all. Despite the highly public battles with
substance abuse and chronic illness, she achieved new
success and sustenance in family, friendships, and
philanthropy. With never-before-published family photos by
Taylor historian Tom Gates, as well as rare family photos,
Elizabeth is the story of a woman you thought you knew --
and can now finally begin to understand.
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