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Featuring a likely illegitimate daughter, a gender-bending show-biz marriage, a dog's heart in a jar, violent relationships, and the phasing out of a successful performer's career as vaudeville receded along with her health, this biography is tremendous.
Christine Femia, Bust Magazine
[Mr. Erdman’s social work] training allows him to convincingly place Tanguay’s stardom in historical perspective while still summoning the physicality that made her so popular.
Sam Roberts, New York Times
In his loving new biography of this long-forgotten celebrity, Andrew Erdman brings Tanguay back to life warmly....You can almost feel the same electricity audiences of the early 20th century felt at just the mention of her name.
David Williams, Louisville Courier-Journal