Get Happy

The Life of Judy Garland

De: Gerald Clarke

Narrado por: Erin Bennett

She lived at full throttle on stage, screen, and in real life, with highs that made history and lows that finally brought down the curtain at age 47. Judy Garland died over 30 years ago, but no biography has so completely captured her spirit - and demons - until now.

From her tumultuous early years as a child performer to her tragic last days, Gerald Clarke reveals the authentic Judy in a biography rich in new detail and unprecedented revelations. Based on hundreds of interviews and drawing on her own unfinished - and unpublished-autobiography, Get Happy presents the real Judy Garland in all her flawed glory.

Here are her early years, during which her parents sowed the seeds of heartbreak and self-destruction that would plague her for decades...the golden age of Hollywood, brought into sharp focus with cinematic urgency, from the hidden private lives of the movie world's biggest stars to the cold-eyed businessmen who controlled the machine...and a parade of brilliant and gifted men-lovers and artists, impresarios and crooks-who helped her reach so many creative pinnacles yet left her hopeless and alone after each seemingly inevitable fall.

©2000 Gerald Clarke (P)2020 Tantor

GOODNESS!!!

So much I didn’t know. She was, is and will always be a true inspiration and SUPERSTAR!!!

Get happy

Such a sad life. Poor choices over and over…Judy was so dependent….never seemed to get the addiction help she truly needed.

Fascinating and heartbreaking

Read with a wide array of voices and there was verve and passion in the reading.

The Brightest Stars Burn Out the Fastest

Judy remains a legend, and she paid dearly for that place in history. All her life she seemed to desperately need so much, but she gave with her voice even more. Had she been assured of love, acceptance and consistency at home, most likely she wouldn’t have suffered as she did later on. She tried to overcome so much. I pray that she is at peace now and singing to her hearts content. She won’t ever be forgotten.

Very well done

Disturbingly accurate and comprehensive portrayal of a troubled, abused & mentally I’ll woman who learned to pay it all forward.

Unveiled Saddness

...her finale, the end of her and I am struck by how utterly sad and completely desperate she was not just in the end, but for the majority of her life.

She had so very many suicide attempts, I lost count. So, so very many. She displayed herself to the world as the Happiest Woman on Earth but behind closed doors, she was the most miserable woman, maybe, who ever lived.

Drugs: horrible things can happen to wonderful people when you mix in a cocktail and a variety of uppers and downers, and then you add in money and so-many-enablers. Well, it was a wonder Judy Garland, her real name Frances Ethel Gumm, lived as long as she did.

She was a monumentous woman, she was however bipolar...

Thorough

At times the author makes some odd choices when reaching for a similie. They also referred to the people who played the munchkins as "midgets" -- ooof!

Hard to believe- couldn’t stop listening!

Wow. I never knew the half of it! She was my idol when I was a little girl and I was OBSESSED with the Wizard of OZ. Unbelievable and tragic for everyone involved. RIP Judy.

The best full story of a legend.

This audible should be listened by all Judy Garland fans, it's a an. eye 0pener, of what this legend went through throughout her, tragic life.

Beautiful and heartbreaking.

Incredibly in-depth account of Judy Garland. Breathtaking heartbreaks with inspiring moments. Wonderful, powerful and tragic.