Having spent ten years as Jayne Mansfield's press secretary, [the author] knows intimately both the public image and the private person that were Jayne Mansfield. Sitting through hundreds of hours of interviews and private conversations,not only with Jayne but also with her husbands, her lovers, and her children, gave [the author] the opportunity to present a revealing portrait of the woman. He records her drive for fame and success and her overpowering need to be loved and to love, needs that led her into numerous affairs with rich and powerful men.