I Loved Lucy

My Friendship with Lucille Ball

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by Lee Tannen

Type

Stories

Subject

Actress > Lucille Ball

Keywords

Lucille Ball

Publishing date

2001

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 320 pages
6 x 9 ¾ inches (15 x 24.5 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-312-28753-4
978-0-312-28753-5

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Book Presentation:
Few people knew America's comic sweetheart Lucille Ball the way Lee Tannen did. Lee first met Lucy as a child but cemented their close and enduring friendship as an adult. During the last ten years of Lucy's life--years mostly lived out of the spotlight and mainly around a backgammon table in New York, Beveryly Hills, Snowmass, Colorado and Palm Springs, Lee was fortunate enough to be sitting opposite Lucy. For the first time we get a glimpse of what it was like to be with Lucy, the way she truly was, and the way she chose to live. This is Lucy the way you've never seen her before; a warts and all look at arguably the most famous female entertainer of the twentieth century! Perhaps Lucy's daughter Lucie Arnaz summed it up best when she said,"What a wonderful look through the keyhole at this unique and complicated woman. A more perfect portrait of the the lost Lucy years I cannot imagine being drawn. It had me in tears. Good tears. People should read I LOVED LUCY."

About the Author:
Lee Tannen is a writer and producer who lives in New York City.

Press Reviews:
"Writing with sensitivity and passion, Tannen shows us the real Lucy...this is a great book about one of the great Hollywood legends."
--Library Journal

"Delightful light reading and, of course, required for Lucy fans."
--Booklist

"Filled with both funny and heartbreaking episodes...I Loved Lucy is a must for any fan of the still-revered, red-haired legend."
--Frontiers

"...a legendary comedienne's reclusive retirement, told in a series of engaging anecdotes...entertaining and well-written..."
--Kirkus Reviews

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