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The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992
- Narrated by: Tina Brown
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
The Vanity Fair Diaries is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her 20s who arrives in New York City with a dream. Summoned from London in hopes that she can save Condé Nast's troubled new flagship Vanity Fair, Tina Brown is immediately plunged into the maelstrom of the competitive New York media world and the backstabbing rivalries at the court of the planet's slickest, most glamour-focused magazine company. She survives the politics, the intrigue and the attempts to derail her by a simple stratagem: succeeding.
In the face of rampant skepticism, she triumphantly reinvents a failing magazine. Here are the inside stories of Vanity Fair scoops and covers that sold millions - the Reagan kiss, the meltdown of Princess Diana's marriage to Prince Charles, the sensational Annie Leibovitz cover of a gloriously pregnant, naked Demi Moore.
In the diary's cinematic story, the drama, the comedy, and the struggle of running an 'it' magazine come to life. Brown's Vanity Fair Diaries is also a woman's journey, of making a home in a new country and of the deep bonds with her husband, their prematurely born son and their daughter. Astute, open-hearted, often riotously funny, Tina Brown's The Vanity Fair Diaries is a compulsively fascinating and intimate chronicle of a woman's life in a glittering era.
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- Ms. A. Baker
- 28-04-19
Whirlwind
It may be to over exaggerate the sense of what a whirlwind the 80s at Vanity Fair was, and I loved the story especially the honest bits about when personal and professional life didn't sit neatly side by side but I found the reading a bit fast and lacking in tonal shifts sometimes, especially at the end of sections which I felt should have been more pronounced and lingered over.
Overall though, highly recommended.
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- Button Shiner
- 05-01-18
Get me a time machine..I'm heading back to the 80s
Would you listen to The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992 again? Why?
Yes, I missed some of the characters who are referred to time and again
Who was your favorite character and why?
S.I.Newhouse and his gentle unpredictability
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
It had to be read by Tina Brown but, she started to drive me mad two-thirds of the way through
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No
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- Mrs C L Collin
- 21-01-23
Just wonderful
The way Tina narrates her own loving words about her husband, children and work is just wonderful. The best audible book for me so far (800+ books so far) therefore highly recommended…especially if you are a lover of a glossy magazine and anecdotal snippets, this book is just packed with interesting names and oozes of Tina Brown’s professionalism. Loved it!
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- Olivia
- 13-12-22
So interesting
Fascinating listen! So many great stories and names, I’ve been hooked from start to finish!
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- Anonymous User
- 13-04-22
A joy
Well written, so interesting to hear the authors thoughts of popular culture and the zeitgeist with the gift of hindsight! Fascinating and an enjoyable listen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-01-20
Fun Listen
I loved listening to this breakdown of Tina's life at Vanity Fair. Name dropping, escapades mixed with life struggles. Light and entertaining.
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- gro bennett
- 02-12-17
Narration by author spoiled this book
Narration too fast and frantic. Can’t make out some of the words as they are gabbled manically and it gets faster and faster until you think you’re going to fall off the edge of wherever the narrator is leading you. Had to give up at chapter 2. Spoilt my enjoyment completely and not a cheap purchase. Dreadful. Can’t believe nobody at the publishing dept has noticed this.
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- Buyer
- 26-04-24
It’s captures a time of when Vanity Fair was at its best
This was the period that I was reading Vanity Fair and I have to say I think it was its best! I still do subscribe (to the online edition) but it’s nowhere near as good as it used to be - Does it describe a world I would want to live in or did enjoy living in; not particularly – it reminds me of very greedy very rich people spending 3 1/2 million dollars on a painting to hang in a wall and a room that no one walks in, it reminds me of the gross nature of Wall Street, the vanity and shallowness of the social scene in New York and Hollywood and I think it forgives Reagan and Thatcher a little bit too much - that said it’s an amazingly magnetic read and I couldn’t put it down and nobody says it better than Tina Brown. I wish she had done the sequel
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- Orjenise
- 07-01-18
Excellent
An excellent insight into editing, society and celebrity. I absolutely loved it. Very well written and no holding back, funny, moving and I could not stop listening.
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- SamR
- 24-04-20
One of my all time favourite audiobooks
I loved this and never wanted it to end. Beyond the fabulous titbits, there is the story of an incredible woman. Human, ethical, honest, balanced and driven by quality she is a rare and inspirational. This was a compelling narrative of the time with her wonderful thought provoking observations. Really an absolute joy.
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