Frank & Ava: Unrequited Love

By Frank Gariboldi

How did Sinatra learn to sing the way he did? What was his secret? What was his technique? What made him the number one interperter of the music of his time? Why does everyone call the songs that Sinatra sings, his songs? This is a book that stirred in my heart over a dozen years ago. Through much research and study of Frank, the music and his life, I have put together this very intriguing story of a man in search of a dream, a dream that finally comes true, but with much pain and anguish. As Frank said, "... some people get their kicks stompin' on a dream." And "stompers" there were, and some very close to Frank. This is a story of love and heartache, it is a story of a driven man on his way to the top of the showbiz' world. Music, movies and romance, Frank did it all. And when he arrives at the top, it is still not enough. I believe that Frank would have wanted to die on the stage singing that one last ballad like, "...make it one more for my baby and one more for the road." "A man and his music" now that personifies Frank Sinatra. This is a book of fiction and yet many parts are real. The unrequieted love of Ava Gardner that tormented him body and soul and stayed with him until the day she died and then some, Frank's love of jazz and the intriguing life style of the show business world are all consuming to him. The love and heartache of his mother. All of this and more made Sinatra - The Voice and The Man. This is the story of a man who loves the music so much that it far surpasses the love of any person that he will encounter in his lifetime except perhaps his children. No one ever gets to really know a person, especially someone like Frank. Many stories were written about Frank that seem to say this or that about him, yet there is alwasys something more to unearth or perhaps even to hide. I have tried to be true to the life of Frank Sinatra and his love for his children and his special love for Ava and foremost "his mus

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1432793640
• ISBN13: 9781432793647
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"