Golden Girl: The Story of Jessica Savitch
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (865 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0525246673 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 330 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
When NBC's first anchorwoman, Jessica Savitch, died at age 36 in a mysterious death-by-drowning car accident it made national headlines. Photos. Major motion picture release from Disney in December. Savitch was a living advertisement for the American dream--beautiful, smart, and successful in the competitive news business. But she was also a woman with secrets. Reissue.
Excellent volume. When they made the movie they used this well researched book.Detailed account of this woman's way to fast rise to TV newscaster fame. Her personal emotional problems are detailed here, as well as the events which brought her career downward. Triumph ( in a sense), and tragedy.. I've been looking for a great book about Jessica Savitch and after much searching found I've been looking for a great book about Jessica Savitch and after much searching found it. Really descriptive. I feel like I am right there watching all of this. Great insight from the people in the book. I highly recommend it.. "Scintillating!" according to A Customer. I remembered Jessica Savitch as a newswoman from my youth, remembered liking her immensely, and vaguely recalled her untimely death. After reading Golden Girl, however, I felt like I knew her, which is quite an accomplishment for the author since no one in her life really knew her, save, perhaps, her equally trouble soulmate. Nash's breathtaking portrait of this troubled woman is perhaps the most compelling biography I've ever read. She has told the gritty tale of this Golden Girl with the best of the journalist's skills: non-judgmentalism as the platform for truth. I came away with e
"Compellingmakes you feel you are inside Savitch's brain." -- Glamour"Superba minute detailing of life gone wrongnon-stop reading!" -- Judith Crist