{"product_id":"book-dhn7","title":"I Used to Be Charming","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreviously uncollected nonfiction pieces by Hollywood's ultimate It Girl about everything from fashion to tango to Jim Morrison and Nicholas Cage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEve Babitz knew everyone, tried everything (at least once), and was never shy about sharing her thoughts on any subject, be it sex, weight loss, drug use, or her ambivalence toward New York City. From the 1970s through the 1990s, Babitz wrote on a wild variety of topics for some of the biggest publications around, from \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eI Used to Be Charming\u003c\/i\u003e brings together this nonfiction work. All previously uncollected, these pieces range from sharp personal essays on body image and the male gaze to playful meditations on everything from ballroom dancing to kissing to perfume. There are breathtaking celebrity profiles, too. In one, Nicholas Cage takes her for a ride in his ’67 Stingray and in another she dishes about dragging Jim Morrison to bed before the Doors had even settled on a band name (“Jim was embarrassing because he wasn’t cool, but I still loved him,” she writes). In another essay, the author ponders her earliest days in the spotlight, posing nude with Marcel Duchamp, and in another, the never-before-published title essay, she writes about the tragic accident that compelled her to leave that spotlight behind forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49375804162352,"sku":"BDdhn7","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49375804096816,"sku":"10dhn7","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dhn7-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773838702","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dhn7","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}