HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Loading...

Heartbreaker

by John Meyer

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingConversations
291813,492 (3)None
Two months in the last year of Judy Garland's life, told by her then-lover John Meyer. Meyer, a songwriter, met Garland when she agreed to listen to something he had written and an unexpected romance quickly flowered. The singer he had idolised became, for Meyer, tragic flesh and blood and he fought both fiercely and in vain to save her from herself. His diaries reveal an intimate portrait of the icon in the last moments of her life.… (more)
None
Loading...

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

No current Talk conversations about this book.

How many episodes like this must Garland have endured? Passing hook-ups with guys who were sure they were right for her - sure they could have saved her from herself. Some of Meyer's descriptions of his times with Judy are just plain depressing - he bedded her while he was living with his parents and she had to face breakfast with them the next day. Then there are the times he and Judy get drunk, and OH, the wild high jinks that ensue! Just two crazy kids livin life to the hilt - what squares their friends and relatives are for not understanding! It's depressing to think of Garland killing time with such a loser.
2 vote LadyintheLibrary | Oct 22, 2008 |
no reviews | add a review
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Epigraph
One must try to distinguish history from the wistful preservation of a legend.... -Arlene Croce
Dedication
This book is for Harold Arlen, Richard Rodgers, Frank Loesser, and all the other writers of America's film and theater music.  Their work informed Judy's lfe and still informs mine.
First words
This is the story of two months I spent with Judy Garland, two mnths in which I was given the chance to help her.
Quotations
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Original language
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

Two months in the last year of Judy Garland's life, told by her then-lover John Meyer. Meyer, a songwriter, met Garland when she agreed to listen to something he had written and an unexpected romance quickly flowered. The singer he had idolised became, for Meyer, tragic flesh and blood and he fought both fiercely and in vain to save her from herself. His diaries reveal an intimate portrait of the icon in the last moments of her life.

No library descriptions found.

Book description
Haiku summary

Current Discussions

None

Popular covers

Quick Links

Rating

Average: (3)
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3 1
3.5
4
4.5
5

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 204,508,043 books! | Top bar: Always visible