Garland was paid $20,000 up front for the book by Random House. Her husband at that time, Mr. Luft, spent the spotlight and gambled away.
Of her life, Garland said of her life: “When I lived the life I lived, when I loved and suffered, and I was madly happy and hopelessly sad—well, that’s when you realize you won’t be able to get everything down. You’d probably rather die first…
“You’ve heard how ‘hard’ it is to be with Judy Garland. Do you know how ‘hard’ it is to be with Judy Garland?
“I’m not something you wrap up and put on stage. There’s a woman. There are three kids. Here I am! There’s a lot of life here.”
“I wanted to believe and I tried so hard to believe in the rainbow I tried to get past and couldn’t. So what!”
Then she described her horrific youth in Hollywood.
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