{"product_id":"9781429999892","title":"Bette Davis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"She could look demure while behaving like an empress. Blonde, with eyes like pearls too big for her head, she was very striking, but marginally pretty and certainly not beautiful . . . But it was her edge that made her memorable—her upstart superiority, her reluctance to pretend deference to others.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBette Davis was the commanding figure of the great era of Hollywood stardom, with a drive and energy that put her contemporaries in the shade. She played queens, jezebels, and bitches; she could out-talk any male costar; she warred with her studio, Warner Bros., worked like a demon, got through four husbands, was nominated for seven Oscars, and—no matter what—never gave up fighting. This is her story, from the acclaimed film critic David Thomson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173290262768,"sku":"9781429999892","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429999892_p0.jpg?v=1769904210","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429999892","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}