{"product_id":"ava-my-story-9781560549796","title":"Ava : My Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardcover Edition of Ava Gardners own story with no hold barred. Like a novel but Ava really lived it.In this chatty autobiography  Gardner tells of her upbringing in a poor but proud Southern family  her sudden success in early-40s Hollywood--mainly because of her beauty--and rails against MGM  which played up her cheesecake potential. She neatly sums up the problems in each of her three short Mickey Rooney was a blatant womanizer; Artie Shaw was cool and overbearing; Frank Sinatra (the two were the loves of each others lives) was as jealous as she  leading to drunken marathon fights. Gardner also sketches a creepy portrait of Howard Hughes  who for years stopped at no machination in an unsuccessful attempt to bed and marry her. A shy woman who used drink to feel comfortable socially  Gardner seems very likable  down-home  spontaneous and sadly derogatory toward her intelligence  acting abilities--and even her beauty. Of the seven included \"eulogies\" from friends and colleagues  Stephen Birminghams best captures the joy and tragedy of Gardners life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652951760949,"sku":"ByrdShop_1560549793","price":187.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781560549796.jpg?v=1781854530","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ava-my-story-9781560549796","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}