--- product_id: 17694103 title: "Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations Paperback – July 8, 2014" brand: "peter evansava gardner" price: "€ 36.83" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.it/products/17694103-ava-gardner-the-secret-conversations-paperback-july-8-2014 store_origin: IT region: Italy --- # Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations Paperback – July 8, 2014 **Brand:** peter evansava gardner **Price:** € 36.83 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations Paperback – July 8, 2014 by peter evansava gardner - **How much does it cost?** € 36.83 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.it](https://www.desertcart.it/products/17694103-ava-gardner-the-secret-conversations-paperback-july-8-2014) ## Best For - peter evansava gardner enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted peter evansava gardner brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations Paperback – July 8, 2014 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81fVlWQ1TfL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this! *by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2024* I couldn’t put it down! It is intriguing, insightful and very informative. The way Peter wrote this book is very intimate. You feel as though you are having a late night drinking bender with Ava in the most sophisticated way possible. I loved her energy, insight, vulnerability and honesty. She was the most beautiful woman of her time yet her insecurities jump off the page constantly as she questions Peter of her own words. I read through this book within 2 days. If you want to have a great and telling conversation with a movie star buy this book! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Guilty Pleasure Reading About a Train Wreck of a Life *by S***L on Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2024* I almost passed this one up, but succumbed to the temptation of reading intimate details about the lives of the Hollywood elite in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Gardner’s story of being discovered by accident and plucked from her impoverished southern, rural home as a naive, very young woman, ripe for exploitation by unscrupulous studio executives and big-name actors was one of the few sympathetic aspects of her story. She became one of the legendary queens of Hollywood, paying a gigantic price in damage to her psyche that she self-treated with massive amounts of alcohol and tobacco, damaging her health, becoming reclusive and broke, and contributing to her early death.This book is an aborted attempt at writing her biography. She hired the author to ghost write her autobiography because she needed money. But her ambivalence about the project came through in every 3 AM drunken telephone call she frequently made to the writer as she was forced to look at her life and experience shame, regret, and sorrow about so many of her choices. He had to coax and manipulate her to get her to talk truthfully about her life, and to move forward on the project, ultimately failing. The book instead is a posthumous annotated diary of their conversations up to the point she fired him. The author is not blameless for the biography being aborted. While he was abused by Ms. Gardner’s excessive demands, and frequent late night calls, he had a hidden agenda and was not upfront with Ms. Gardner about his history of having a relationship with a key person in her life. The book was published after both subject and author had died.Still a fascinating look at one actress’s life and her perspective on old Hollywood. It was worth a read. ### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars Engaging but could be better written... *by F***H on Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2013* I found this book to be an engaging and fascinating look at the "real woman" with all of her salty language and insecurities/fears/regrets. I felt a little ambivalent reading it because I don't think she wanted everything in the "first draft" to be included in the final editing. But since she's left incarnation, it no longer matters. The book has an appealing structure of transitioning from, on the one hand, Evan's arguments with her about what she wanted to leave in /edit out and what he did, and, on the other, his later written synopses of the various sections of her life. The thing to which I object and which made reading it rather a trial, is the grammar. Evans makes some errors about which any one calling himself a writer should know better.For ex: "Ava couldn't remember who she met that night...". SHOULD BE "WHOM" , OBJECTIVE CASE.For ex: "W.C. had had his share of vino and was feeling no pain, I was downing ouzo." THERE SHOULD BE A SEMI-COLON AFTER "pain" SINCE THIS CONCERNS TWO COMPLETE SENTENCES, AND NOT A SENTENCE AND A MODIFYING PHRASE OR SUCH.For ex: "Like he was athletic in the sack, and I was pretty verbal, and we were both very, very loud!" THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE SENTENCE.For ex: " She continued to talk in a reminiscent tone maybe for another twenty minutes, almost as if I wasn't there". HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS REQUIRE THE SUBJUNCTIVE: IT SHOULD READ: "....ALMOST AS IF I WEREN'T THERE".For ex: "As a lover, I still only had Mickey to judge him by, of course, but let's say Howard Hughes was a pleasant surprise." MISPLACED MODIFIER. AS WRITTEN, "as a lover" REFERS TO AVA HERSELF ("I"), BUT IS SUPPOSED TO REFER TO Mickey. CORRECTLY WRITTEN: "I still only had Mickey, as a lover, by which to judge him".Simple errors like the above are embarrassing for any one who calls himself a writer...since they would be recognized by any grammar school student (long before college). Such writing is bad because it perpetuates ignorance of the correct and therefore clear use of our language and because it doesn't create lucid, elegant prose for the reader. It instead creates obfuscation and ambiguity.Aside from the technical mistakes, the information is fascinating and will be irresistible to Ava Gardner or Classic Hollywood enthusiasts. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.it/products/17694103-ava-gardner-the-secret-conversations-paperback-july-8-2014](https://www.desertcart.it/products/17694103-ava-gardner-the-secret-conversations-paperback-july-8-2014) --- *Product available on Desertcart Italy* *Store origin: IT* *Last updated: 2026-05-09*