Cover of Upper Cut: Highlights of My Hollywood Life

Upper Cut: Highlights of My Hollywood Life

A celebrity stylist describes the personal challenges that overshadowed her successful career, from her struggles as an incest survivor to her battles with alcohol and drug abuse, and traces her return to sobriety and professional success.

Subject
biography
Setting
California
Audience
adult

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