Vanity Fair Diaries (Brown) - Book Reviews

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A mile a minute memoir I read like a parrot with my nails embedded in Pirate Tina’s shoulder — yelling "what??!!’ ‘What!?!! WOWZA!" as she swashbuckles through the eighties, her sword slicing up the staid shibboleths of NY society. I remembered why I was afraid of her in those days. And why that energy & imagination, turned to making the world better, has galvanized so many of us now. A cultural catalyst — she makes things happen. Thank god she wrote it all down. Hang on. A wild ride.
Meryl Streep


Full of creative glee, passion and excitement, The Vanity Fair Diaries features a cast of characters like Mad Men (and women) on speed; an epic of a legendary magazine’s dazzling re-creation; moments of laugh-out-loud comic asides, juicy gossip and sketches of Austen-like sharpness, all put together by an editor of high octane genius who pauses only to reflect that however good she might be, it’s never quite good enough. Oh yes, it is. Read the diaries and feel better about everything. The word lives!
Simon Schama


High, low, smart, sexy, Tina Brown’s The Vanity Fair Diaries is like the magazine she re-invented, a must read for anyone interested in Hollywood, high-society, and the movers and shakers of pop culture.
Anderson Cooper