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Thursday, 12 January 2012

Barbara Sinatra - Lady Blue Eyes My Life With Frank Sinatra

review by Maggie on show 12th January.
In Lady Blue Eyes. Barbara Sinatra the fourth and last wife of Frank Sinatra we learn of how this lady who rose from humble beginnings in small town Missouri, becoming a model and founder of the Miss universe pageant and wife to Zeppo Marx on the way, finally becomes the best and most enduring love of a man who was both generous, jealous, witty, and sometimes wicked but at all times an icon with everyone who loves a good tune!!!
Although she enjoys the trappings of fame and fortune she also runs charities with skill and dedication tothe cause.Her description of Sinatra is of a man plagued by ghosts of his poor upbringing and sense of being an outsider in the American dream by virtue of his italian roots of which he was very proud.
A man who was devoted to his friends, always stuck up for the underdog yet behaved like a spoilt child if he could not have his own way!!!
A good read if you like the razamataz of Hollywood, other wise a bit too shallow for enjoyment!!!!

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