{"product_id":"candy-darling-dreamer-icon-superstar-9781250371744","title":"Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"MONUMENTAL.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) - \"HEROIC.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e ) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"THRILLING.\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"PRISMATIC.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the the Los Angeles Times Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, NBC New York, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, The Brooklyn Public Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Must-Read: \u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Minnesota Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bay Area Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInsideHook, W\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou must always be yourself no matter what the price . . . Don't dare destroy your passion for the sake of others. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling was glamour personified, but she was without a real place in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet and queer, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets like Kim Novak. She found her turn in New York's early Off-Off-Broadway theater scene, in Warhol's films \u003ci\u003eFlesh \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWomen in Revolt\u003c\/i\u003e, and at the famed nightclub Max's Kansas City. She inspired songs by Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones. She became friends with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, borrowed a dress from Lauren Hutton, posed for Richard Avedon, and performed alongside Tennessee Williams in his own play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet Candy lived on the edge, relying on the kindness of strangers, friends, and her quietly devoted mother, sleeping on couches and in cheap hotel rooms, keeping a part of herself hidden. She wanted to be a star, but mostly she wanted to be loved. Her last diary entry was: \"I shall try to be grateful for life . . . Cannot imagine who would want me.\" Candy died at twenty-nine in 1974, just as conversations about gender and identity were beginning to enter the broader culture. She never knew it, but she changed the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrimming with all the fizz and wildness of New York in the 1960s and '70s, this is the first biography of this extraordinary figure--an unintentional pioneer who became an icon. Cynthia Carr's \u003ci\u003eCandy Darling\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with tales of luminaries, gossip, and meticulous research, laced with Candy's words and her friends' recollections, and signals Candy's long-overdue return to the spotlight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes 16 pages of color photographs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17021307\"\u003eCynthia Carr\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250371744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250371740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO005000\"\u003eEntertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO031000\"\u003eLGBTQ+\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia Carr\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a Lambda Literary Award and a finalist for the J. 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