Ed Sanders gave readers their clearest insight yet into the disturbing
world of Charles Manson and his followers when he published The Family
in 1971. Continuing that journalistic tradition, Sanders presents the
most thorough look ever into the heartbreaking story of Sharon Tate, the
iconic actress who found love, fame, and ultimately tragedy during her
all-too-brief life.
Sharon Tate: A Life traces Sharon's path from beauty queen to budding
young actress: her early love affairs, her romance with and marriage to
director Roman Polanski, and the excitement of the glamorous life she
had always sought -- all set against the background of the turbulent
1960s. This sympathetic account tells the powerful story of her
determined rise through the ranks of Hollywood and to the brink of
stardom before her name became forever linked with the shocking murder
spree that took her life.
In 1969, the Polanski house was targeted by the followers of cultist
Charles Manson. Why the Manson clan focused its gaze on Sharon remains
unclear, but the world was soon shocked to its core as it learned of the
brutal murders of a pregnant Sharon Tate and her friends at her idyllic
home in Los Angeles. Sanders once again examines this horrific crime and
its aftermath, expounding on what may have led the killers to that
particular house on that particular evening.
Sharon Tate takes readers on a sometimes joyous yet inevitably
heart-wrenching tour of the '60s as seen through the eyes of someone who
lived it, survived it, and remembers it all too well. Brilliant
illustrations by noted artist Rick Veitch lend character to this
riveting narrative of the life and times of a beloved actress whose
image and whose fate still haunt us to this day.
