American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life And Times Of Gypsy Rose Lee - Plot & Excerpts
He will untangle this whole unhappy affair. In the meantime, I am going to know that you will and must love me. Because Louise, without me you are lost, dear. I will always be waiting for you to come to me. — ROSE THOMPSON HOVICK New York City and Nyack, New York, Winter 1953–1954 Rose Hovick’s deterioration from cancer begins almost imperceptibly, as if her body wants to confront, stage by stage, the thing that dares to kill it. One pound at a time her figure whittles away, the tissue-paper skin of her face fuses to bone, her eyes exchange their quick, bold cunning for fear and rage—the former difficult for her to convey, the latter impossible to suppress. Her fierce energy burns a shade dimmer, nearly extinguished, and flares again without warning. “Who is paying for that woman out there?” she whisper-screams, eyeing her nurse. “Gypsy! I don’t need to pay anyone for living in my house, eating my food, and drinking my beer. Taking advantage because I’m down—well, I’m not that down!”
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