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Author:
Cynthia Carr
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date:
March 19, 2024
The first full portrait of queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling.
What The Reviewers Say
Compassionate and meticulous.
Monumental.
A complicated, frequently harrowing tale of a woman whose grandest ambitions—to be known and understood in her womanhood, without hesitation—floundered on the shores of self-doubt, transphobia, familial abuse, and poverty.
Carr smoothly interconnects background material, anecdotal stories, and interviews that illuminate Darling’s complicated journey while pursuing fame, love, and, especially, acceptance of her true self..
