Dorothy Stratten, a naive and beautiful young woman with an overbearing husband, becomes a superstar Playboy centerfold and part of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s inner circle. When she dumps the husband and takes up with a famous movie director (Peter Bogdanovich), carnage ensues.

Including an interview with the author by imprint editor Alex Belth.

About the AuthorTeresa Carpenter, the editor of the Modern Library’s critically acclaimed New York 1609-2009, is a former senior editor of the Village Voice, where her articles on crime and the law won a Pulitzer Prize. She is the best-selling author of four books, including Missing Beauty and Without a Doubt, with O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark. She lives in New York’s Greenwich Village with her husband, Steven Levy, Wired’s editor-at-large.

About The Stacks Reader SeriesThe Stacks Reader Series highlights classic literary non-fiction and short fiction by great journalists that would otherwise be lost to history—a living archive of memorable storytelling by notable authors. Curated by Alex Belth and brought to you by The Sager Group, with support from NeoText