In this episode co-hosts Catherine Nichols and Sandra Newman discuss Jacqueline Susann's 1966 mega-bestseller Valley of the Dolls, looking at how it treats women's bodies, sexuality, success, and glamour purely as sources of misery. In this book (nominally a cautionary tale about drug addiction) the only real joy comes from pills.
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In this episode co-hosts Catherine Nichols and Sandra Newman discuss Jacqueline Susann's 1966 mega-bestseller Valley of the Dolls, looking at how it treats women's bodies, sexuality, success, and glamour purely as sources of misery. In this book (nominally a cautionary tale about drug addiction) the only real joy comes from pills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Valley of the Dolls

Host Catherine Nichols and guests choose one book for each year of the twentieth century (Nella Larsen's Passing, 1936, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, 1966; Mohandas Gandhi's Indian Home Rule, 1909) and talk about it in its historical and literary context. Tune in to find out what the 20th century was all about.

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