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Marlene

Added 2023-05-08 23:31:54 +0000 UTC

Not sure if any of you enjoy audiobooks, but I’ve had this big hardcover Marlene Dietrich book for ages and never quite got through the entire thing… but now that I have this 30+ hour long audiobook to enjoy while sitting in LA traffic, I’m really enjoying it!

I remember Gottfried Helnwein, who was a friend of Marlene’s, telling me about how disappointed her friends were when the book came out. It is a VERY candid book written by Marlene’s only daughter, Maria Riva. But I have to say, so far, there’s nothing unbelievable in it, and, although it might be unflattering to Marlene at times, it was a very different time.

I am personally enjoying it very much… it is colorful and descriptive, has lots of inside information on Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s. I think it’s not unusual for children of showbiz icons from that era to have a difficult relationships with their “legendary” parents. I know that Maria Riva is in her 90s now, and I also know that she didn’t release this book until after her mother passed.

When I finish a great audiobook, it can be hard to find something else new and wonderful. I’ve got a long way to go with this book. I think I have about 25 hours left still!

A few other audiobooks I absolutely adore: Elvira’s, Sharon Stone’s, Pamela Anderson’s, and André Leon Talley’s.

I do love to actually read a book, but these days I feel that I need to multitask, so I choose certain TV shows I don’t have to pay much attention to while I do my hair and make up, and audiobooks when I’m driving.

Always love to hear more of your favorites as well!