{"product_id":"2940169692631","title":"Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, a Personal Biography","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe was beautiful, talented, irascible, ruthless, vulnerable, and a true Hollywood legend. From abused child to dance-hall entertainer to silent-film actress, she went on to become one of Hollywood¿s screen goddesses with films such as \u003cem\u003ePossessed\u003c\/em\u003e opposite Clark Gable, with whom she began a torrid off-screen affair, \u003cem\u003eGrand Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMildred Pierce\u003c\/em\u003e, her Academy Award¿winning film. Joan Crawford succeeded and survived through sheer determination, talent, invention, and re-invention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow, Charlotte Chandler, the acclaimed biographer of Ingrid Bergman (\u003cem\u003eIngrid\u003c\/em\u003e), Bette Davis (\u003cem\u003eThe Girl Who Walked Home Alone\u003c\/em\u003e), and Groucho Marx\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eHello, I Must Be Going\u003c\/em\u003e), gives us a revealing and often surprising portrait of Joan Crawford, much of it in Joan Crawford¿s own words.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104586907888,"sku":"2940169692631","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169692631_p0.jpg?v=1769898928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169692631","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}