5/10/2023 0 Comments The lonely doll by dare wright![]() ![]() ![]() The new book, "The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll: The Search for Dare Wright" (Henry Holt) by Jean Nathan, details Ms. Now back in print, the book and two of its sequels are enjoying a bittersweet renaissance, fueled by a new biography of their author, Dare Wright. Many women - artistic women in particular - have discovered that they share this intense ambivalence, part warm and fuzzy nostalgia, part chilling discomfort, about "The Lonely Doll," first published in 1957. "Yet there's something about the images that haunted me, something so compelling." "I wanted to share it with her, but I found it too depressing," she said. Gordon said, "I was struck by how creepy it is." Gordon, whose husband and fellow band member, Thurston Moore, found one of the books, and, curious about it, took it home. She rediscovered a favorite series of childhood books, "The Lonely Doll," and thought about reading them to her 7-year-old daughter, Coco. ![]() But a few years ago she had an experience many women her age could relate to. ![]() YOU might think that Kim Gordon, the bass player and singer of the eternally hip downtown band Sonic Youth, would not have much in common with mothers of a more conventional stripe. ![]()
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