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December 12, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Briefly Noted

December 12, 2016
Nicholas Gerard
Briefly Noted

The New Yorker

"The best parts of the book are tart evocations of the mid-century comic-club scene and of Rivers’s inimitable panache."

December 12, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Source: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/last-girl-before-freeway-time-travel-the-angel-of-history-and-the-babysitter-at-rest

November 15, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

The Triumph of Joan Rivers

November 15, 2016
Nicholas Gerard
The Triumph of Joan Rivers

Daily Worth

In an era of lengthening lifespans and disappearing job security, reinventing your career is a hot topic. Lots of people try it — but nobody ever did it better than Joan Rivers.

November 15, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Source: https://www.dailyworth.com/posts/4395-how-joan-rivers-reinvented-her-career-in-middle-age

November 13, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Books: New and noteworthy

November 13, 2016
Nicholas Gerard
Books: New and noteworthy

USA Today

“Thorough, sweeping,” says Kirkus Reviews.

November 13, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2016/11/13/new-and-noteworthy-books/93201962/

November 12, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Joan Rivers

November 12, 2016
Nicholas Gerard
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Joan Rivers

Vogue

Interview with the author.

November 12, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Source: http://www.vogue.com/13502080/joan-rivers-last-girl-before-freeway-leslie-bennetts-interview/

November 11, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Joan Rivers a walking contradiction

November 11, 2016
Nicholas Gerard
Joan Rivers a walking contradiction

Fox News Entertainment

Interview with the author.

November 11, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/11/11/biography-joan-rivers-walking-contradiction.html

October 29, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Joan Rivers' extreme highs and lows detailed in ‘Last Girl Before Freeway'

October 29, 2016
Nicholas Gerard
Joan Rivers' extreme highs and lows detailed in ‘Last Girl Before Freeway'

New York Daily News

"It’s an impressive, and telling, account."

October 29, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/joan-rivers-highs-lows-detailed-girl-freeway-article-1.2850177

October 21, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Joan Rivers: "A Hoot and a Horror"

October 21, 2016
Nicholas Gerard
Joan Rivers: "A Hoot and a Horror"

Publishers Weekly

Interview with the author.

October 21, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Source: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/71822-joan-rivers-a-hoot-and-a-horror.html

October 12, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

7 Things You Didn't Know About Joan Rivers

October 12, 2016
Nicholas Gerard
7 Things You Didn't Know About Joan Rivers

Out Magazine

"Prepare for revelation."

October 12, 2016
Nicholas Gerard

Source: http://www.out.com/popnography/2016/10/12/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-joan-rivers

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Did you know...

The secret villain whose diabolical, behind-the-scenes machinations were the real source behind the 30-year feud between Rivers and Johnny Carson.

The delicious revenge Elizabeth Taylor took on Rivers after suffering years of jokes about her weight—a comeuppance delivered in a mischievous conspiracy, engineered by George Hamilton.

How she distorted her life history—from her upbringing and academic record, to the credit she gave Bill Cosby for helping her get on The Tonight Show.

The story of her lovers. Did they really include Johnny Carson and Robert Mitchum?

Although her husband’s suicide was a personal tragedy, it liberated Rivers, paving the way for her greatest success. She rebuilt her career in her 60s and 70s, ultimately achieving vast wealth, international renown, and enormous influence at an age when women are routinely dismissed as irrelevant.

The young Rivers believed that a woman needed a man to depend on, but it was her own husband who nearly wrecked her career, leaving her broke and ruined in her mid-50s.

“Last Girl Before Freeway” was an iconic Joan Rivers joke early in her career, when she claimed that her mother was so desperate to marry her off that she put up a sign in their front yard, advertising her availability.

 
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