Ava's Men: The Private Life of Ava Gardner [Hardcover]

Jane Ellen Wayne (Author)

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From Library Journal

Hard on the heels of Wayne's Crawford's Men and Gable's Women (both St. Martin's, 1987 and 1988 respectively) comes Ava's Men . The book's contents are accurately described by the subtitle, as Wayne touches upon Gardner's film roles, but is more concerned with her failed marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra, and with her numerous other flings. While the information appears to be accurate, hardly any sources are attributed. Wayne's writing is tolerable, but often awkward. Libraries which own Roland Flamini's Ava (LJ 1/1/83) or Charles Higham's Ava: A Life Story (Delacorte, 1979) probably don't need this.
- John Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 268 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr; 1st edition (March 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312037945
• ISBN-13: 978-0312037949
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,091,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a charming book, November 20, 1998

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This review is from: Ava's Men: The Private Life of Ava Gardner (Hardcover)

i am not a big fan of the author's especially after the book on grace kelly but her book on ava gardner was very engaging...she tells of some very interesting stories, especially the one of the time in africa when they were making mogambo and she lifted the natives cloth