Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood

By Suzanne Finstad

Book Overview

Natalie Wood was always a star; her mother made sure this was true. A superstitious Russian immigrant who claimed to be royalty, Maria had been told by a gypsy, long before little Natasha Zakharenko's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609809571
• ISBN13: 9780609809570
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.2" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

The true Natalie Wood.

If you didn't love Natalie Wood at the beginning, you will at the end. This book has all the facts. I was old enough to understand all that happened back then, it was crushing to hear of her passing. She was an extraordinary woman. You make your own determination at the end. All of this true. Enjoy.

Natalie this girls best friend

Through exhaustive research, interviews with family and close friends, Suzanne Finstad has poignantly reconstructed the emotional and turbulent life of Natalie Wood.With much sensitivity and love, Finstad reveals the true Natalie, one of my very best friends.

Waited YEARS for this book!

As a Natalie Wood fan of the first order, I've found it hard to understand the lack of biographies offered on this international super star. One book by her sister Lana years ago, but felt that one may have had a one-sided slant because she obviously worshipped her well known sibling. Another biography years ago on Natalie and RJ, the man she married twice, seemed to be a bit sugar coated in detailing the hollywood dream couples life. But, this book hits all her peaks and valley's, her sometimes tenacious hold on reality and all the grit along with the glitter that made up Natalie Woods life until it ended at the age of 43 in a controversial drowning accident.The author obviously did her homework if her account of how many of Natalies close friends and acquaintances she interviewed is accurate. She gives us, the readers, information that as far as I know hasn't been offered up before, and I think I've read almost everything ever printed about Natalie. Ms. Finstad, the author paints a picture of a powerhouse superstar that has her fame and fortune balanced out by great loneliness, insecurities, and sometimes overwhelming unhappiness. However, we get a strong image of a woman that despite living her life in a fishbowl as a beautiful, rich and famous movie star, was actually quite earthy, likeable and eager to help others. I was so wrapped up in this book I finished it in one day, figuring laundry can always wait. But, the laundry may have to build up a wee bit higher because I think I'm going to start reading this book all over again just because I enjoyed it so much. "Natasha" was definitely worth the wait!