Dear Ann, Dear Abby: An Unauthorized Biography

Synopsis

With chutzpah, hard work, controversy, and a large bit of luck, identical twins Esther Pauline (Eppie) and Pauline Esther (Popo) Friedman rose from smalltown Iowa obscurity to unprecedented national fame and influence. As Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, two of the most loved, admired, and important women in the United States, they have articulated and often shaped America’s moral conscience for over thirty years. Despite the roadblocks put up by the twins to preserve their mystique, the authors interviewed several hundred friends and colleagues who knew Ann and Abby at various stages of their lives. These candid and revealing recollections, often contradicting the twins’ “endorsed” publicity, recreate the fascinating lives and careers of the women whose advice appears in more than two thousand newspapers. Dear Ann, Dear Abby uncovers the forces that propelled two fifties-era housewives into identical, highly influential careers, and the truth behind their private and public lives. It also examines the reasons why the twins repeatedly and openly feud with each other while giving human relations advice to millions, and how their enormous influence with the media has allowed them to escape close scrutiny--until now.

Copyright:

1987

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

341 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780396089063

Publisher:

W. Clement Stone, P M A Communications, Incorporated

Date of Addition:

04/21/20

Copyrighted By:

Writer’s Cramp, Inc. and Bob Special

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

Yes

Categories:

Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Language Arts, Communication

Submitted By:

Larry Lumpkin

Proofread By:

Susan Lumpkin

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.