Reviews
Mesmerizing irresistible perversely fascinating a killer achievement. Here is Josephine stripped of glamour and defenses one of the most paradoxical figures in twentieth-century entertainment., The writer's bewitchment is contagious. [Josephine's] exotic beauty, flaming ambition, flashing eyes, rolling hips, small and large peculiarities seduce the reader., Mesmerizing...irresistible...perversely fascinating...a killer achievement. Here is Josephine stripped of glamour and defenses...one of the most paradoxical figures in twentieth-century entertainment., I was just reading the brilliant Josephine Baker book Josephine: The Hungry Heart by Jean-Claude Baker. It's un-put-downable. It's full of her life and energy., Mesmerizing…irresistible…perversely fascinating…a killer achievement. Here is Josephine stripped of glamour and defenses…one of the most paradoxical figures in twentieth-century entertainment., In this biography, Baker, all illusions exposed, becomes fascinating, endearing, exasperating, and abundantly alive all over again.
