Natasha

“Suzanne Finstad presents a poignant, intensely sympathetic portrait of the vulnerable, sensitive little girl who grew up to be the quintessential Hollywood star.”

Los Angeles Times

“Finstad also has a keen sense of how that city’s dream factory simultaneously turns women into stars and leaves them bereft… the woman who emerges in this biography is not a distant celebrity but a real person…”

The Washington Post Book World

“Emotionally compelling… Finstad is an effective storyteller… an unusually sympathetic look at an actress who used her personal demons to fuel the emotions that she brought to her roles even as she struggled to hide those demons from a public that worshiped her.”

San Francisco Chronicle

“A haunting portrait of the late film star…”

Chicago Tribune

“Natasha
is at once unusual, impressive, disturbing, and revelatory… impressive in its detail, in the author’s careful examination of the information and in the way it is skillfully woven into the story…. The information Finstad has discovered about Wood’s horrific childhood, her anxiety-ridden stardom, and her mysterious death is deeply disturbing.”

Variety

“[Finstad] pursued every thread, every story, every source she could find to develop a complete picture of the woman who grew up in the movies and died before completing her last one… a tragedy foretold at every turn of the page… an eerie tale.”

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Finstad has crafted a page-turner here that is akin to watching a car wreck in slow motion. You don’t like what’s happening; you hate the result but you can’t avert your eyes.”

Detroit Free Press

“Remarkably researched and occasionally shocking… certain things stay with you…”

The Baltimore Sun

“Compellingly readable, carefully researched, and always sympathetic to its troubled heroine. The description of the last fatal voyage to Catalina is a powerfully gripping murder mystery in its own right.”

The London Daily Telegraph

“This book, which will likely be an instant bestseller, should give you a few sleepless nights… a page-turner that will leave you smitten with its heroine, rooting for her, and deeply moved by her passing.”

New Jersey Bergen County Record

“This is an ambitious and engrossing biography, acute in its insights.”

London Literary Review