Novel valley of the dolls5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() “She doesn’t write, she types!” novelist Gore Vidal said of Susann. ![]() Susann’s book received harsh criticism from fellow authors (mostly men, of course). I was suddenly awake, could give my best.” ![]() “I felt that I owed it to people to be bright. “I took amphetamine pills when I was on tour,” she told Pageant magazine in February 1967. Susann traveled the world promoting the book and reportedly wrote down the name and address of every person she met and later sent everyone thank you cards. The book was initially rejected by several publishers. He didn’t like the downbeat ending, but I won out. Then I showed the fifth draft to Irving, and he told me where I’d let the interest lag. Susann told film critic Roger Ebert about how she wrote the book in 1967: You know how I write? When I did Valley of the Dolls, I did five drafts. Of her book’s success, Susann once said: “The 1960s will be remembered for Andy Warhol, The Beatles, and Me!” Valley of the Dolls was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records in the 1970s as the best-selling novel of all time (30 million copies sold). We’re celebrating with 15 fascinating facts about the fabulously tawdry novel that you might have missed. This year marks the book’s 50th anniversary, but today is the late author’s birthday. Before Sex and the City and Lena Dunham’s Girls came Jacqueline Susann’s 1966 bestselling novel Valley of the Dolls, about eight women in New York City dealing with heartbreak, addiction, and tragedy. ![]()
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