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Title: Not well-written
Review: It is ironic that this "biography" of a very intelligent, literate actress is so poorly written. I see that other people have mentioned that so I won't reiterate. I feel this author had his heart in the right place, he just needed more guidance from his publisher and a proofreader in writing about his knowledge of Miss Fontaine. I found his telling of the shabby treatment of Joan by her mother, Lilian Fontaine and sister, Olivia, to be heartbreaking. I have been a fan of Joan Fontaine a long time and nothing new was revealed to me about her life or her relationship with her family. Her autobiography is a much, much better and revealing account of her life story and certainly more complete than the information in this slim book.
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