I never had any desire to read this book until I found out that Evelyn Keyes had been married to Artie Shaw and wrote about their marriage in her book. Artie Shaw was the handsome big band leader during the 1940s, and early 1950s, who played a mean clarinet. His band leader days were over by the time they married though. It should have made Ava Gardner feel better to know that Artie Shaw was a jerk to every woman he was married to, not just her.

The rest of the book is interesting also. Her first husband committed suicide when she left him, and she said she never left another man again. She made them leave her. And the marriage to John Huston - they got married on a whim, but it was more her whim than his. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. Through Huston, she knew and liked Bogie and Bacall, she adored Paulette Goddard, resented Vivien Leigh in later years when she felt Leigh still treated her like a "bit player." Good dish.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS BOOK. I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE A HOLLYWOOD HISTORY BUFF BUT AFTER READING THIS BOOK I REALIZED HOW LITTLE I ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT THAT FABLED TOWN. I THOUGHT THE BOOK MIGHT BE INTERESTING BUT I REALLY ONLY PICKED IT UP TO HELP KILL TIME. WELL LET ME TELL YOU, I WAS MORE THAN ALITTLE BIT SURPRISED AT HOW JUICY AND STEAMY A LIFE MS. KEYES HAD LEAD. TO ME SHE WAS A LITTLE KNOWN ACTRESS BUT BOY DID SHE LEAD AN EXCITING LIFE. I WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT FIVE STARS BUT HEY ANYTHING CAN BE IMPROVED UPON. THIS IS A MUST READ.

evelyn keyes's autobiography about her life is great reading. i couldnt put it down. she told everything about her life with her husbands and lovers. people that havn;t read it should read it.