{"product_id":"9781466845305","title":"The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll: The Search for Dare Wright","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA glamorous, haunted life unfolds in the mesmerizing biography of the woman behind a classic children's book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1957, a children's book called \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Doll\u003c\/i\u003e was published. With its pink-and-white-checked cover and photographs featuring a wide-eyed doll, it captured the imaginations of young girls and made the author, Dare Wright, a household name. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClose to forty years after its publication, the book was out of print but not forgotten. When the cover image inexplicably came to journalist Jean Nathan one afternoon, she went in search of the book-and ultimately its author. Nathan found Dare Wright living out her last days in a decrepit public hospital in Queens, New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the next five years, Nathan pieced together a glamorous life. Blond, beautiful Wright had begun her career as an actress and model and then turned to fashion photography before stumbling upon her role as bestselling author. But there was a dark side to the story: a brother lost in childhood, ill-fated marriage plans, a complicated, controlling mother. Edith Stevenson Wright, herself a successful portrait painter, played such a dominant role in her daughter's life that Dare was never able to find her way into the adult world. Only through her work could she speak for herself: in her books she created the happy family she'd always yearned for, while her self-portraits betrayed an unresolved tension between sexuality and innocence, a desire to belong and painful isolation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with stunning photographs, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of the Lonely Doll \u003c\/i\u003etells the unforgettable story of a woman who, imprisoned by her childhood, sought to set herself free through art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174691717360,"sku":"9781466845305","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466845305_p0.jpg?v=1769891425","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466845305","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}