http://www.nouse.co.uk/2006/06/27/valley-of-the-dolls-jacqueline-susann/ Award-winning University of York Student Newspaper Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:00:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.nouse.co.uk/2006/06/27/valley-of-the-dolls-jacqueline-susann/#comment-16341 simon Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:29:51 +0000 http://www.nouse.co.uk/2006/06/27/valley-of-the-dolls-jacqueline-susann/#comment-16341 I 1st read Valley of the Dolls in my teens. I was drawn to it by a Guinness Book of Records reference it was then (at 30million copies) the bestselling novel of all time (this was before the Da Vinci Code). I had an original 1960s copy with the pills scattered all over the cover. I have to say I think you're a little bit cynnical in your analysis of Neely. Valley of the Dolls is about the essential emptiness and meaningless anyone can feel no matter how glitzy, successful, glamorous, etc life appears to be on the outside. There's a brilliant biography about the author, Jacqueline Susann titled Lovely Me - well worth a look for anyone impressed by her novels. I 1st read Valley of the Dolls in my teens. I was drawn to it by a Guinness Book of Records reference it was then (at 30million copies) the bestselling novel of all time (this was before the Da Vinci Code). I had an original 1960s copy with the pills scattered all over the cover. I have to say I think you’re a little bit cynnical in your analysis of Neely. Valley of the Dolls is about the essential emptiness and meaningless anyone can feel no matter how glitzy, successful, glamorous, etc life appears to be on the outside. There’s a brilliant biography about the author, Jacqueline Susann titled Lovely Me - well worth a look for anyone impressed by her novels.

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