The Private Diary of My Life with Lana

She was the last of the great screen goddesses, a legendary blond bombshell with a fairy-tale life that turned into a nightmare following the bizarre murder of her lover, the ganster Johnny Stompanato, in 1958. Author Eric Root met Turner in Chicago in 1971, where she was performing in Forty Carats. Although their relationship began early enough, shortly after moving to Los Angeles, Root was to become much more to the famous actress than a make-up artist and hairstylist. Throughout a friendship that spanned more than two decades, Root also acted as Turner's escort, spokesman, spiritual brother, lover, and confidant. Lana told Eric everything there was to know about her life, including the secrets behind her greatest triumphs and tragedies and her many love affairs with Hollywood's leading men. Her only request of him was that, after she was gone, he was to "tell her story, to tell it all…." Find out the turmoil behind the estrangement from her daughter Cheryl Crane…. Discover the horrifying truth about what really happened the night of Johnny Stompanato's murder…. Read about the real woman behind Hollywood façade known as Lana Turner in a heart-warming memoir that reveals a friendship that endured not only heaven but hell.