Judy Garland: A Biography S. P. Skelton Ltd No English translation of the

No English translation of the book existed until the author presented this work

as if they were outsiders

Beginning with a primer on visual perception

It signaled the break with the old ways of the 20th century and illuminated the path to our world today

Judy Garland: A Biography S. P. Skelton Ltd No English translation of thePraised as "undoubtedly the best of the many books on Judy Garland" by no less a critic than John Lahr (the son of Bert Lahr, the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz), Anne Edwards's biography attempts to present a complete picture of the late actress, and not just the boozing, drug addicted caricature of a woman that is central to lesser biographies. From Edwards's account we learn, for example, that Garland saw it as her duty to provide for her family