{"product_id":"9781589797871","title":"Judy Garland: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraised as “undoubtedly the best of the many books on Judy Garland” by no less a critic than John Lahr (the son of Bert Lahr, the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz), Anne Edwards’s biography attempts to present a complete picture of the late actress, and not just the boozing, drug-addicted caricature of a woman that is central to lesser biographies. From Edwards's account we learn, for example, that Garland saw it as her duty to provide for her family financially, a generosity that her mother Ethel exploited with disastrous results. A student of great poets—Shelley, Keats, and Browning in particular—she often tried her own hand at verse; surviving poems are reproduced here. Above all Judy Garland sought to please, whether it was an audience or a studio head, and therein lies her powerful and heartbreaking story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor Trade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031056892144,"sku":"9781589797871","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781589797871_p0.jpg?v=1769901266","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781589797871","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}