Discover the unique, profound, and unlikely yet enduring friendship
between two of the most prominent and beloved celebrities of all
time--Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson--in this "exhaustively
researched...consistently absorbing" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
biography.From the moment Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson met, they
were fascinated by one another. He peered into her violet eyes and was
transfixed; she, in turn, was dazzled by his talent, intrigued by his
sweet-tempered childlike personality, and moved by the stories she had
already heard about his troubled early life. Soon a deep friendship
blossomed, unlike anything either had ever experienced. Through their
various emotional upheavals, the peaks and valleys of their careers,
their personal traumas and heartaches, their countless health issues and
extreme physical pain, and the glare of the often merciless public
spotlight, their love for each other endured. Award-winning biographer
Donald Bogle skillfully re-creates the moving narrative of "these two
forces of nature, and digs into the extraordinary histories that made
them uniquely suited to understanding each other" (Alan Light, author of
Let's Go Crazy). Through the recollections of friends and acquaintances
of the two stars, as well as credited and anonymous sources, Elizabeth
and Michael emerges as a tender, intimate look at this famous "odd
couple"--and a treasure to their millions of fans.
