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The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992

By: Tina Brown
Narrated by: Tina Brown
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The Vanity Fair Diaries is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her 20s who arrives in New York City with a dream. Summoned from London in hopes that she can save Condé Nast's troubled new flagship Vanity Fair, Tina Brown is immediately plunged into the maelstrom of the competitive New York media world and the backstabbing rivalries at the court of the planet's slickest, most glamour-focused magazine company. She survives the politics, the intrigue and the attempts to derail her by a simple stratagem: succeeding.

In the face of rampant skepticism, she triumphantly reinvents a failing magazine. Here are the inside stories of Vanity Fair scoops and covers that sold millions - the Reagan kiss, the meltdown of Princess Diana's marriage to Prince Charles, the sensational Annie Leibovitz cover of a gloriously pregnant, naked Demi Moore.

In the diary's cinematic story, the drama, the comedy, and the struggle of running an 'it' magazine come to life. Brown's Vanity Fair Diaries is also a woman's journey, of making a home in a new country and of the deep bonds with her husband, their prematurely born son and their daughter. Astute, open-hearted, often riotously funny, Tina Brown's The Vanity Fair Diaries is a compulsively fascinating and intimate chronicle of a woman's life in a glittering era.

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A tour de force memoir from the leading lady of magazine journalism’s triumphant golden age

Brilliant, spiky and surprisingly warm

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I loved listening to this breakdown of Tina's life at Vanity Fair. Name dropping, escapades mixed with life struggles. Light and entertaining.

Fun Listen

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Tina Brown’s story of he time at Vanity Fair was fascinating and a great insight to the publishing world of the eighties and early nineties. Her character portrayals are crisp, detailed and never grey! The delivery in her clear tones is perfect,

Excellent listen

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Fascinating listen! So many great stories and names, I’ve been hooked from start to finish!

So interesting

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The way Tina narrates her own loving words about her husband, children and work is just wonderful. The best audible book for me so far (800+ books so far) therefore highly recommended…especially if you are a lover of a glossy magazine and anecdotal snippets, this book is just packed with interesting names and oozes of Tina Brown’s professionalism. Loved it!

Just wonderful

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