Debutante, Gioia Diliberto

"Debutante" is a biography of Brenda Diana Duff Frazier, Glamour Girl No. 1 in 1938. A product of a socially grasping mother and grandmother, Brenda Frazier became famous at age 17 for her beauty and fortune. Made much of by the press of the day, featured on the cover of Life magazine, set to inherit millions, Frazier was nonetheless a poor little rich girl whose home life left much to be desired. "Debutante" is the story of her unhappy childhood, adolescence and adult life. Though beautiful, rich and feted, Brenda became a drug addict and alcoholic who also suffered from anorexia and bulimia. Diliberto's book never makes a convincing case for why Frazier was considered interesting and not simply bizarre. Brenda Frazier makes a poor subject and an uninteresting story. Boring.
Posted by supersusie at February 18, 2004 4:49 PM