Yours Cruelly, Elvira Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

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  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780306874352
  • 14 oktober 2021
  • 304 pagina's
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The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells, told by the bombshell herself.





**Instant New York Times Bestseller, Los Angeles Times Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller**

On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. Third-degree burns covered 35% of her body, and the prognosis wasn't good. But she survived. Burned and scarred, the impact stayed with her and became an obstacle she was determined to overcome. Feeling like a misfit led to her love of horror. While her sisters played with Barbie dolls, Cassandra built model kits of Frankenstein and Dracula, and idolized Vincent Price.

Due to a complicated relationship with her mother, Cassandra left home at 14, and by age 17 she was performing at the famed Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. Run-ins with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tom Jones helped her grow up fast. Then a chance encounter with her idol Elvis Presley, changed the course of her life forever, and led her to Europe where she worked in film and traveled Italy as lead singer of an Italian pop band. She eventually made her way to Los Angeles, where she joined the famed comedy improv group, The Groundlings, and worked alongside Phil Hartman and Paul "Pee-wee" Reubens, honing her comedic skills.

Nearing age 30, a struggling actress considered past her prime, she auditioned at local LA channel KHJ as hostess for the late night vintage horror movies. Cassandra improvised, made the role her own, and got the job on the spot. Yours Cruelly, Elvira is an unforgettably wild memoir. Cassandra doesn't shy away from revealing exactly who she is and how she overcame seemingly insurmountable odds. Always original and sometimes outrageous, her story is loaded with twists, travails, revelry, and downright shocking experiences. It is the candid, often funny, and sometimes heart-breaking tale of a Midwest farm girl's long strange trip to become the world's sexiest, sassiest Halloween icon.

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Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
14 oktober 2021
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304
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Hoofdauteur
Cassandra Peterson
Hoofduitgeverij
Da Capo Press Inc

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Product breedte
156 mm
Product hoogte
28 mm
Product lengte
232 mm
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Verpakking breedte
158 mm
Verpakking hoogte
31 mm
Verpakking lengte
232 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
946 g

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  • Humoristische en ontroerende autobiografie

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    • ontroerend

    De vrouw achter de wulpse horror B-film presentatrice Elvira, uitgegroeid tot cult icoon, neemt je mee langs alle hoogte- en dieptepunten in haar leven. Fantastisch boek vol hilarische anekdotes, heel onderhoudend en smeuïg verteld.

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  • The Queen

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    • interessant

    Leest lekker weg, en je leert hoe deze vrouw door het leven gaat,

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