Karen Abbott is the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Sin in the Second City." A native of Philadelphia, she now lives in New York City with her husband and two African Grey parrots who do a mean Ethel Merman. Visit her online at www.karenabbott.net.
Praise for "American Rose"
"Abbott creates a brainy striptease similar to the one her subject
may have performed: uncovering doozies in one chapter about Lee's
outrageous life, followed in the next by the less salacious (but
always captivating) details about how New York City's Minsky
brothers, who played a crucial role in Lee's stardom, built their
burlesque empire." --"Newsday"
"At its core, "American Rose" is a haunting portrait of a woman
'giving what she has to, keeping all she can, ' offering her
audiences a sassy, confident self while making sure they would
never know the damaged soul who created her." --"The""Los Angeles
Times"
""American Rose" is the rare biography that captures the
imagination and doesn't let go. It would scare the bejeesus out of
Gypsy Rose Lee, and it's guaranteed to enthrall readers." --"Book
Page
""[Abbott's] portrait of the famed stripper is both darker and more
inspiring than the famed stripper's version of her life as filtered
by Broadway or Hollywood." --"Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Praise for Karen Abbott's "Sin in the Second City"
"A delicious history . . . a lush love letter to the underworld . .
. [Abbott] describes the Levee's characters in such detail that
it's easy to mistake this meticulously researched history for
literary fiction."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"[Abbott's] research enables the kind of vivid description a la
fellow journalist Erik Larson's The "Devil in the White City" that
makes what could be a dry historic account an intriguing
read."--"The Seattle Times"
"[A] satisfyingly lurid tale . . . Change the hemlines, add 100
years, and the book could be filed under current affairs."--"USA
Today"
"Assiduously researched . . . Even this book's minutiae . . . make
for good storytelling."--"The New York Times"
"A colorful history of old Chicago that reads like a novel."--"The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
"Lavish . . . anu
Praise for "American Rose"
"Abbott creates a brainy striptease similar to the one her subject
may have performed: uncovering doozies in one chapter about Lee's
outrageous life, followed in the next by the less salacious (but
always captivating) details about how New York City's Minsky
brothers, who played a crucial role in Lee's stardom, built their
burlesque empire." --"Newsday"
"At its core, "American Rose" is a haunting portrait of a woman
'giving what she has to, keeping all she can, ' offering her
audiences a sassy, confident self while making sure they would
never know the damaged soul who created her." --"The""Los Angeles
Times"
""American Rose" is the rare biography that captures the
imagination and doesn't let go. It would scare the bejeesus out of
Gypsy Rose Lee, and it's guaranteed to enthrall reade
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