Laura Lamont's life in pictures

I like stories about classic Hollywood, but this just felt somehow cold and distant. I never really cared enough.

On the up side, it didn't go into the “seedy underbelly” type stuff that these books often do, so that was a giant plus. I hate reading about sexual abuse in Hollywood, but luckily this book didn't go there.

An enjoyable read but I kept waiting for it to go somewhere it never did. It started and continued and then it ended. Would have enjoyed more elaboration on Laura‰ЫЄs relationship with her second husband Irving, because it looked empty but sounded full. Most of the book seemed to have Vaseline on the lens – although of course writing it that way, it sounds intentional. And now I‰ЫЄm done trying to tell someone else how to write a book.

I am grateful to this book for putting me into the right mindset for watching ‰ЫПThe Rise of Minna Nordstrom‰Ыќ and ‰ЫПThe Nodder‰Ыќ episodes from Wodehouse Playhouse, which I discovered shortly after reading this. It is dated but hilarious. I keep trying to imitate Pauline Collins‰ЫЄs voice, British and American.