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Title: Edie: American Girl by Jean Stein, George Plimpton ISBN: 0-8021-3410-6 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: November, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.81 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Psychology of a tragic heroine
Comment: It's funny how a person's childhood experiences can set a person up for success or failure as an adult. However, in the case of Edie Sedgwick, her failures as an adult were definitely unfunny. I loved that this book relied only on quotes from the people who had met/known her. Exceptional research into every stage of Edie's life to uncover people who experienced her in each incarnation and brilliant editing make this an extremely special biography. It is evident that the choices the adult Edie made which were ultimately destructive were foreshadowed by events in her childhood. I don't think it's necessary for you to be fascinated by the scenes Edie lived through to enjoy the book. If you approach this as a psychological study of an individual, it becomes mainstream reading, not just a pop-culture chronicle.
Rating: 5
Summary: Faery Child
Comment: The oral history form is perfect for "Edie" little-girl-lost, who streaked across the '60's horizon like a falling star. Despite her grace, fragile beauty and charisma; Edie Sedgewick was almost born to be doomed even before the drugs did her in.
She was born into a wealthy old family that had a history of instability. Her father, also breathtakingly beautiful, had crushing psychological problems. Two of her brothers committed suicide. Her mother was ineffectual with her large brood. She was raised on an isolated ranch with her seven siblings with almost no contact with the outside world. When she hit Cambridge at 18, she was pathetically ill equipped to be in the larger world.
I couldn't agree more that she found herself in the midst of horribly decadent people. Andy Warhol gets a particularly bad rap in this book, but to me, he was no better nor worse than his hangers-on, just a shade more self-absorbed. What really saddened me was that I don't think it really mattered who Edie took up with. She was destined to spin out of control. She had no focus, no inner strength, and was dangerously self-centered and delusionary.
"Edie" is compelling reading whether or not you have experienced the '60's. It is good to keep in mind that Edie herself and the contributors to the book all were a part of a very small stratum that whistled through this confusing decade. They were no more representative of the rank and file than Emmerin is representative of this decade.
Such a lovely child, such a terrible waste.
Rating: 5
Summary: It's like reading about a dream and a nightmare
Comment: I am not the 'artsy' type but I found myself watching Basquiat one night. That -and listening to the Velvet Underground a few times got me interested in Andy Warhol a bit. So I looked him up on yahoo and lo and behold, the most beautiful faces kept appearing on screen. It was none other than Edie Sedgwick. I figured she must have frequented the "Factory" of Andy's but still earned a lot of money as a top fashion model, a-la Twiggy.
I read the reviews here, though and heard a much different life story. When I finally got and read the book, i realized how lost this girl was. The drugs, the sex, the shopaholism,even pyromania!
Still-at the same time-she was such a strong character that right until the end, she was still influencing people and going through a lifestyle that she never could've gotten away with today.
Despite her tragedy, her legacy is still there, and still ripe for the picking, so to speak. She still remains my fashion muse...Edie has inspired me to get into the fashion scene in some kind of way. Also, her sense of style-the chandelier earings, falsies, and that amazing hair- is UNMATCHED.
I thank her for all that she influenced upon me and other girls that simply cannot be put into words.
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Title: Swimming Underground: My Years in the Warhol Factory by Mary Woronov, Billy Name ISBN: 1852427191 Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title:Edie in Ciao! Manhattan ASIN: B000077VQR Publisher: Plexifilm Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.46 |
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Title: Factory Made : Warhol and the Sixties by STEVEN WATSON ISBN: 0679423729 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: A: A Novel by Andy Warhol ISBN: 0802135536 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title:Pie in the Sky - The Brigid Berlin Story ASIN: B00005QBYU Publisher: New Video Group Pub. Date: 20 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.46 |
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