Edie: Girl on Fire
- ISBN-10
- 081186121X
- ISBN-13
- 9780811861212
- Series
- Edie
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-08-31
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Authors
- Melissa Painter, David Weisman
Description
Drawn from firsthand accounts and featuring hundreds of never-before-published portraits, ad shoots, and candid snapshots, this revealing look at the life of Edie Sedgwick, the "it" girl of the Andy Warhol Factory scene, details her many roles as a model, film star, socialite, friend, lover, and drug addict.
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