Heartbreaker: Two Months With Judy [Judy Garland Memoir, 1st UK Ed 1983]

WH Allen (London), 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. GIFT QUALITY 1983 hardcover with dust jacket, FIRST BRITISH EDITION stated. Well-preserved UNREAD COPY is bright and clean inside and out. Jacket is bright and glossy with extremely minor shelf-rubbing only. Very nice! "A poignant account of an impossible love with an impossibly talented woman. Judy Garland's last months are recorded here with heartbreaking honesty by a man who knew her intimately during that time. He was just an entertainer in a New York bar. She was already a legend. But from their first unlikely encounter they established an instant rapport -- and from this developed an intensely close relationship. In this frank, straightforward and freshly observed diary, John Meyer records the hectic months they spent together in New York and Boston, and the despair of January 1969 when they were both in London. As her lover, secretary, business manager and friend, Meyer saw it all: the reality of domestic life with 'The Lady', the pills, the partying, the truth about the suicide attempts, the fan mail, and the glorious moments when his battles to get Judy back in business all seemed worthwhile. He recalls in lively detail the impact she had on his family, and faithfully recreates her reminiscences of great films and great men of the past -- from Orson Welles and Gene Kelly to Vicente Minnelli and A STAR IS BORN. Despite the bitterness of parting and the shock and sadness of her needless death, John Meyer writes with wit and humour, never self-pity. Through it all shines the infuriating, irresistible and charismatic spirit of 'The Legend' herself.