Cover image for Miss D and me : life with the invincible Bette Davis / Kathryn Sermak, with Danelle Morton.
TITLE:
Miss D and me : life with the invincible Bette Davis / Kathryn Sermak, with Danelle Morton.
Alternate Title:
Miss D & me : life with the invincible Bette Davis
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York : Hachette Books,
Physical Description:
viii, 278 p. : photos.
Additional Contributors:
Summary:
Miss D and Me is a story of two powerful women, one at the end of her life and the other at the beginning. As Bette Davis aged she was looking for an assistant, but she found something more than that in Kathryn: a loyal and loving buddy, a co-conspirator in her jokes and schemes, and a competent assistant whom she trained never to miss a detail. Miss D had strict rules for Kathryn about everything from how to eat a salad to how to wear her hair - even the spelling of Kathryn's name was changed per Miss D's request. The two grew incredibly close, and Kathryn had a front-row seat to the larger-than-life Davis's career renaissance in her later years, as well as to the humiliating public betrayal that nearly killed Miss D. The frame of this story is a four-day road trip Kathryn and Davis took from Biarritz to Paris, during which they disentangled their ferocious dependency. A window into the world of the unique and formidable Bette Davis, told by the person who perhaps knew her best of all.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780316507844