{"product_id":"9780061241741","title":"Heat Wave : The Life and Career of Ethel Waters","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Donald Bogle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mr. Bogle continues to be our most noted black-cinema historian.”\u003cbr\u003e—Spike Lee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Donald Bogle [is a] pioneering safe-keeper of the history of blacks in film.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Donald Bogle, author of the bestselling \u003cem\u003eDorothy Dandridge\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eToms, Coons, Mulattos, Mammies, and Bucks\u003c\/em\u003e, a groundbreaking history of African American portrayals in Hollywood, comes the long-awaited, definitive biography of one of America’s brightest and most troubled theatrical stars: actress and singer Ethel Waters. In \u003cem\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eBogle explores Waters’ relationships with other performing greats, including Lena Horne, Count Basie, Vincent Minnelli, and many others, and paints a vivid, deeply human portrait of this legendary performer—a must-read for any fan of jazz, blues, and classic American cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“A penetrating look at a woman of massive talent and determination.”\u003cbr\u003e“In this powerful biography, Bogle recovers the rich fullness of singer Ethel Waters’s life...Bogle’s thorough and unflinchingly honest look at Waters’s brilliant and flawed life will undoubtedly be the definitive biography of this great woman”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061241741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41045464875214,"sku":"9780061241741","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061241741_46afd3d2-5349-434d-a29c-822b64c53c75.jpg?v=1652122498","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061241741","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}