Frank & Ava: In Love and War, by John Brady
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"If I had to go back in Hollywood history and name two people who were most desperately and passionately in love with each other, I would say Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner were It."―Liz Smith.
It began in Hollywood's golden age when Ava was emerging as a movie star. But she fell in (and out of) love too easily. Mickey Rooney married her because he wanted another conquest. Artie Shaw treated her like a dumb brunette, giving her a reading list on their honeymoon. Neither marriage lasted a year. Then, after being courted by Howard Hughes and numerous others, along came Frank Sinatra.
His passion for Ava destroyed his marriage and brought him close to ruin. Their wild affair broke all the rules of the prudish era as Frank left his wife and children and pursued Ava on an international stage. They became romantic renegades, with the press following them from location to location.
"Oh, God, Frank Sinatra could be the sweetest, most charming man in the world when he was in the mood," said Ava. They married, but then came the quarrels, separations, infidelities, and reconciliations. Eventually, there was a divorce, and they thought it was over. It wasn't.
Through all of the tortured years of separation and splintered affairs with others, they maintained a secretive relationship known only to those who recognized that this was the love of a lifetime. Over the years, they attempted to reconcile, romanced and nurtured each other, right to the end.
The love story of this couple has never been fully explored or explained―until now. Frank & Ava delves deeply into the lives of these two iconic stars and their turbulent lifelong relationship. More than anything else, this is the story of a romance lived out under battlefield conditions.
Frank & Ava: In Love and War, by John Brady - Amazon Sales Rank: #56181 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-13
- Released on: 2015-10-13
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.48" h x 1.10" w x 6.49" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 304 pages
Frank & Ava: In Love and War, by John Brady Review
“A tantalizing lagniappe for those fascinated by the star-crossed duo ― twinned in obsession, emotional instability, infidelity, and, finally, friendship.” ―The Boston Globe
"Details Sinatra and Gardner's tumultuous romance. Their scandalous affair, six-year marriage and eventual divorce in the late 1950s are put under the microscope, all the while painting a broader portrait of Hollywood's Golden Age. ―USA Today
“Anyone remotely curious about either of these larger-than-life characters will want to read Brady's book.” ―Publishers Weekly on Frank & Ava
“Brady reveals the human side of a grand love affair that somehow survived a marriage and a divorce, epic battles, and sweeping romantic gestures...This honest and contemporary look at an almost mythical couple is a quick-paced and poignant tale that will appeal to a wide spectrum of readers.” ―Library Journal on Frank & Ava
"More than a story of a dizzying love affair, Frank & Ava depicts the profound aftershocks of a relationship."-BookPage on Frank & Ava
“A riveting account of the most unlikely Republican in the history of American politics. John Brady's fascinating rise-and-fall biography of Lee Atwater also makes you wonder who'd be sitting in the White House today if he had not died at the too-early age of 40.” ―Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking, on Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater
“John Brady has made a compelling story of all the unprincipled things Lee Atwater did to make our national politics into a low-down gutter fight. He was indeed the meanest son-of-a-bitch in the political valley till he came to the Valley of Death. In a better world, angels' stories would enthrall us more than those about bad guys like Atwater, but in the one we have, the bad guys' stories rule.” ―George V. Higgins, author of The Friends of Eddie Coyle, on Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater
“It seems to say almost everything to be said about talking to others for publication.” ―Columbia Journalism Review on The Craft of Interviewing
“This is a must-read book for serious film buffs, and fun for anyone who is interested in the stories of some of the most successful screenwriters at work today.” ―People magazine on The Craft of the Screenwriter
“A worthy and needed guide.” ―Gay Talese, author of Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, on The Interviewer's Handbook
About the Author John Brady is a veteran writer, editor, and author of five books, including The Craft of the Screenwriter and the investigative biography Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater. A longtime Sinatra specialist, he worked at Warner/Reprise Records in the 1970s when Frank Sinatra came out of a brief retirement as "Ol' Blue Eyes." Brady was editor-in-chief at Writer's Digest and Boston magazine, and founding editor of The Artist's Magazine. His byline has appeared in New York, New Times, Esquire, American Film, The Washington Post Magazine, The Boston Globe Magazine and numerous other publications. He has taught journalism at Boston University, Emerson College, the Scripps School of Journalism (Ohio University) and was Hearst Visiting Professor at the University of Missouri Journalism School. He lives and writes in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful. How stars were made, unmade and remade into legends By D. K. Daniel I love reading about classic Hollywood with its larger-than-life stars and backstories of sexual and financial intrigue. A book like this is rare, though, because it's fair and focuses on facts, not gossip, and shows how real feelings got hurt on the way to bedrooms and banks. It’s a smooth read, too, and amusing with a bandwagon of anecdotes. I’d highly recommend it for getting a feel for Hollywood’s Golden Age -- or just for remembering what it was like when the antics of movie stars were the reality show of the day.The steamy, doomed affair between the post-WWII era’s top singer and one of its most beautiful women is definitely a story worth telling. But hear this -- John Brady’s “Frank and Ava: In Love and War” does so much more than revisit Hollywood’s hottest hook-up. Brady lays out how starsback then were made, unmade and remade into legends.Frank had the pipes and the drive to go to the top. Ava was a backwater beauty with no talent, but she tried to become an actress when she arrived at MGM still a teenager. Her first misstep was marrying Mickey Rooney, her second marrying Artie Shaw. Whether Frank was strike No. 3 is a matter of opinion. I’m not sure they did each other a lot of good in the long run. Frank couldn’t let go and Ava was a lost soul.For the movie studios and the record companies, it was all about business. And business was good when sparks flew between Frank and Ava. I think they were in love -- really in love -- and might have stayed together if he had been a firefighter (like his dad) and she had been a simple Southern housewife (like her mom). Instead, they willingly fed a publicity machine that ultimately gobbled them up.One other thing: “Frank and Ava” is a great primer on American culture in the 1940s and 1950s -- and a realistic portrait of the movie factory that mixed dreams with lies to create an image that looked good but was so much smoke. The book is revealing and fun, not unlike F&A themselves.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. I now officially feel like a hollywood insider...great story! By Jack J. Santos As a child of the 60s, I rarely paid attention to Sinatra’s music, much less Gardner’s movies. My late age mellowing into the 50s classics led me to be intrigued enough to pick up this book. Wow, I am glad I did. With a reporter’s eye for facts and story, John Brady’s narrative is fast-paced, informative, and entertaining. Chock full of insider anecdotes, I discovered these were real people, with real emotions, and lots of money to act out. I couldn’t put this book down, and enjoyed reading all about Frank and Ava’s life – together and separate – until the end. Connecting to basic human feelings we all share, this book left a tear in my eye, which I expect will return whenever I hear Ol’ Blue Eyes again, or watch “The Barefoot Contessa”. Great book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. FRANK & AVA: In Love and War. The book no one else could write By Franz Douskey FRANK & AVA: In Love and War. This isn't a book; this is an event. Finally, someone with research and writing skills has illuminated that area that was the essence of Frank Sinatra's life and career. Any woman before or after Ava Gardner was a convenient and temporary substitute, becauseAva was THE woman is Frank Sinatra's life. This is the only book you need to read. FRANK & AVA gets to the source of Sinatra's and Gardner's passion, desire, anguish and endurance.This book is patiently and thoroughly researched, with all the inside stories about Frank and his music, Ava and her career, and the importance of Hollywood in their affair, marriage, divorce and life-long love for each other. FRANK & AVA is a book of eyes-wide-open truth, depth, accuracy and insight. John Brady is the first writer and literary detective to get to the essence of Frank and Eva. John Brady gathered the pieces from people who were there and put it all together. He alone has illuminated the mysteries behind that one great love epic. Mr. Brady makes us see and feel each nuance inside the beautiful, brutal, haunted love that was too passionate to survive. This is a brilliant book with each page revealing something new. FRANK & AVA: In Love and War is not a superficial, tell-all page turner. John Brady has picked up all the broken pieces and put them all together. This is a book to savor and read again.Franz Douskey, co-authorSINATRA AND ME: The Very Good Years. A distant second to FRANK & AVA: In Love and War
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