{"product_id":"9781250194930","title":"Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool : A True Love Story","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFilm Stars Don't Die in Liverpool\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Peter Turner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a Major Motion Picture Starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, and Vanessa Redgrave\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Golden Age of Hollywood, a young British actor, a love affair, and a tragedy, \u003ci\u003eFilm Stars Don't Die In Liverpool\u003c\/i\u003e is Peter Turner's touching memoir of the last days of Hollywood icon Gloria Grahame, the Oscar-winner b\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eest known for her portrayal of irresistible femme fatales in films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Big Heat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOklahoma \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bad and the Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter \u003c\/i\u003ecalls the film adaptation \"a tender, affecting romantic drama.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOn September 29, 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical attention. He took her into his chaotic and often eccentric family’s home in Liverpool to see her through her last days. Though their affair had ended years before, it was to him that she turned in her final hour of need.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking place over the course of three weeks in Turner’s larger-than-life working-class family home, \u003ci\u003eFilm Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool\u003c\/i\u003e is an affectionate, moving, and wryly humorous memoir of friendship, love, and stardom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Amusing and poignant...[An] affecting chronicle, a flashback-filled text that evokes by turns the feel of a documentary film, a subtle poem, a melancholy novella and a farcical play.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Funny, touching, odd, and thank goodness, uncategorizable.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Here is a memoir concerned with a painful death that frequently has you laughing out loud.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Observer \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rarely has the mortality of the gods been so poignantly brought home.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An extraordinary book.”—Roger Ebert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A well-paced gathering of eccentrics that mirrors Kaufman and Hart and stirs the heartstrings.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A gifted writer.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250194930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40683354783950,"sku":"9781250194930","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_9dbd1378-8c28-4e6b-8361-252aeaa472b3.jpg?v=1640149085","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250194930","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}