The First Lady: I Was a Vogue Model and a National Celebrity but I Was Living With a Secret That Was to Shake the World... - Couverture rigide

Ashley, April

 
9781844542314: The First Lady: I Was a Vogue Model and a National Celebrity but I Was Living With a Secret That Was to Shake the World...
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ISBN 10 : 1844542319 ISBN 13 : 9781844542314
Editeur : John Blake Publishing Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

April Ashley was a "Vogue" model, the lady of the manor and a glamorous young woman, yet she was living with a secret that was to shake the world. She became the world's most famous transsexual when her secret was revealed in 1970. The revelation ruined her marriage to war hero Arthur Corbett and left her battling against prejudice in a time when gender operations were a taboo subject. Christened George Jamieson in 1935, she was one of nine children brought up by a drunk sailor. She felt disillusioned with her physical appearance and gender and soon suffered great self-loathing as she became withdrawn from her family. After a suicide attempt and electric shock treatment, she decided to go through with a sex-change operation. Since then, she has never looked back becoming a beautiful woman with a glamorous life. In the 1960s and 1970s, she was adored and her popularity was at an ultimate high. Having slept with an array of big names such as Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole and a one night stand with Michael Hutchence, April was much in demand. Indeed, although she agreed to be photographed by David Bailey yet refused to sit for Picasso and Dali as they were deemed too lecherous!

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À propos de l?auteur

Born George Jamieson in 1935, April Ashley went to sea as a deck hand on a merchang vessel when she was 15. At the age of 18, she endured electric shock and hormone treatment on a psychiatric ward in a bid to treat her gender dysphoria. During the 1950s she had a sex-change operation in Paris before becoming a model and a glamorous icon.

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Éditeur
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1844542319
ISBN 13 
9781844542314
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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