Review: Well-researched
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2013
I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of Vergotte's research. I got this book for my mother's birthday--she reads all the gossip columns--but had a look through myself beforehand. Despite all the media buzz about Brangelina, Beyoncé, Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres, no-one usually gets to learn the really interesting details of their personal lives, especially those from *before* they were famous. This book rectifies that, so if you are at all interested in female power and these four individuals, it's well worth picking up.According to my mother, the section on Ellen DeGeneres was particularly good, perhaps because she is the deepest character of the four. It's quite fascinating, for example, that her relationships have all been with people like Anne Heche, Alexandra Hedison and Portia de Rossi--famous celebrity beauties.