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I'll Cry Tomorrow (book)

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I'll Cry Tomorrow
First edition cover
AuthorLillian Roth, Gerold Frank, Mike Connolly
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiography
PublisherFrederick Fell Publishers, Inc.
Publication date1954

I'll Cry Tomorrow is a 1954 autobiography by Lillian Roth, co-written by Roth, Gerold Frank and journalist Mike Connolly. It is a "brutally frank" depiction of Roth's alcoholism, one of the earlier books by a celebrity on addiction, and influential in drawing attention to alcoholism as a disease. It sold over 7 million copies in 20 languages. It was adapted into the 1955 film of the same name.

References

  1. Archived 2013-09-15 at the Wayback MachineThe Mike Wallace Interview, Lilian Roth, April 4, 1958
  2. "I'll Cry Tomorrow", book review Boston College newspaper "The Heights", February 19, 1955
  3. Lerner, Barron H., "Long Before Oprah, A Celebrity Bared Her Soul", New York Times, March 9, 2004
  4. "Birth of 'I'll Cry Tomorrow' author Lilian Roth: December 13, 1910", Jewish Women's Archive
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