A New York Times Book Review Editors- Choice
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-[A] monumental biography.- -Hilton Als, The New Yorker
-A rich portrait of a glittering, communal, and bygone NYC . . . [and] of the glamorous queer icon.- -Arimeta Diop, Vanity Fair
From the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling.
You must always be yourself no matter what the price . . . Don-t dare destroy your passion for the sake of others.
The Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling was glamour personi?ed, but she was without a real place in the world.
Growing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet and queer, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets
