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Bosworth goes behind the image of an American superwoman, revealing Jane Fondamore powerful and vulnerable than ever expectedwhose struggles for high achievement, love, and successful motherhood mirror the conflicts of a generation of women. In the hands of this seasoned, tenacious biographer, the evolution of one of the centurys most controversial and successful women becomes nothing less than a great, enthralling American life. Jane Fonda emerged from a heartbreaking Hollywood family drama to become a 60s onscreen ingnue and then an Oscar-winning actress. At the top of her game she risked all, rising against the Vietnam War and shocking the world with a trip to Hanoi. Later, while becoming one of Hollywoods most committed feminists, she financed her husband Tom Haydens political career in the 80s with exercise videos that began a fitness craze and brought in millions of dollars.
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Patricia Bosworth is an American journalist and biographer. A former faculty member of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, she has also been an editor, actress, and model.