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Eartha & Kitt

A Daughter's Love Story in Black and White

by Kitt Shapiro
Patricia Weiss Levy
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In this unique combination of African-American, music, and cultural history, we come to know one of the greatest stars the world has ever seen—Eartha Kitt—as revealed by the person who knew her best, her daughter. Eartha, who was a mix of Black, Cherokee, and white, identified as Black, but Kitt, her biological daughter by a white man, is blonde and pale. This is the story of a little white girl raised by her natural mother, who was the biggest Black celebrity in the world. For three decades before Kitt married, they traveled the world together, mother and daughter. Eartha came from a hard background (she was born on a cotton plantation) and did not have her own familial ties to lean on—she and Kitt were each other's whole world. Eartha's legacy is still felt today: we still listen to "Santa Baby" every Christmas, she starred as Helen of Troy opposite Orson Welles in Dr. Faustus, and she stole the show as Yzma in The Emperor's New Groove. Lupita Nyong'o was recently asked to name the two people she admired most. She chose Eartha Kitt and Katherine Hepburn. In these pages, Eartha Kitt comes to life so vividly you'll feel as if you'd met her. Filled with love and poignant laughter, Eartha & Kitt captures the passion and energy of two remarkable women.

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    June 22, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781666532029
      • File size: 234895 KB
      • Duration: 08:09:21

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Entertainment icon Eartha Kitt's biological daughter, Kitt Shapiro, offers a stirring and nuanced memoir of both her mother and herself-- their lives were so very intertwined. Narrator Karen Chilton's performance is a showstopper, at once superb, stunning, evocative, and moving. While Eartha Kitt was a mix of Black, Cherokee, and white ethnicity, her daughter's father was white. Eartha's difficult early years are not glossed over, but her later triumphant successes are celebrated in the most positive fashion. Shapiro managed her mother's career for many years. Perhaps more notable than any other aspect, the love shared by mother and daughter is most palpable throughout the transfixing bravura narration. This is an audiobook not to miss! W.A.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

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