Pier Angeli: A Fragile Life

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Summary: Pier Angeli; A Fragile Life.
Review: Here at long last is a first rate biography of Anna Maria Pierangeli.
Jane Allen has managed to capture here the whole of the Pier Angeli era perfectly, from a wealth of personal family interviews and worldwide media reports.
For the first time,the writer has delved into Pier's mind and given us all an illuminating scene of what made her so irresistable with her unique beauty.Many previously unpublished photographs are included and there are chapters devoted to her relationships with James Dean and Kirk Douglas.
Her sad and declining years are written in a sympathetic and moving style with great depth and sincerity that any Pier fan would appreciate.A comprehensive Filmography of all her films from 1949 to 1971 are covered, and a very detailed Notes section covers some 16 pages.
This is a very fine definitive volume, and Jane Allen should be congratulated for this labor of love.

Rating:
Summary: Pier Angeli; A Fragile Life.
Review: Here at long last is a first rate biography of Anna Maria Pierangeli.
Jane Allen has managed to capture here the whole of the Pier Angeli era perfectly, from a wealth of personal family interviews and worldwide media reports.
For the first time,the writer has delved into Pier's mind and given us all an illuminating scene of what made her so irresistable with her unique beauty.Many previously unpublished photographs are included and there are chapters devoted to her relationships with James Dean and Kirk Douglas.
Her sad and declining years are written in a sympathetic and moving style with great depth and sincerity that any Pier fan would appreciate.A comprehensive Filmography of all her films from 1949 to 1971 are covered, and a very detailed Notes section covers some 16 pages.
This is a very fine definitive volume, and Jane Allen should be congratulated for this labor of love.

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Summary: You Can't Put This Book Down!
Review: I was in my early teens when Pier Angeli was on top. I remember Vic Damone's television show (my mother always watched it). Plus I barely remember the custody battles between the couple in the late fifties. Since I am an ardent James Dean fan, I didn't care a lot for Pier because I thought she was a flighty thing with little substance. This book changed my mind. It is beautifully written and well-researched. The writer pulls you into the setting, leaving you with the sense that you are really there. The author is both a writer and a psychologist; her analysis is quite perceptive. She views the situations from all aspects and doesn't throttle the reader with her own opinion. Some biographies are manipulated to the writer's benefit. Such is not the case here. For anyone who has ever been an admirer of any of the people in Pier Angeli's short life, this book is a must!

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Summary: A great biography of a sad life
Review: Information on Pier Angeli is hard to find; I'm so glad I found this book! Pier's story is wonderfully told - I simply could not put this book down. I highly recommend it!

Rating:
Summary: A great biography of a sad life
Review: Information on Pier Angeli is hard to find; I'm so glad I found this book! Pier's story is wonderfully told - I simply could not put this book down. I highly recommend it!