A book that explores the American novelist and playwright Edna Ferber—winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction—whose work was made into many Academy Award-winning movies. It specifically examines the writing of her controversial, international bestselling novel about Texas, and the making of George Stevens's Academy Award-winning epic film of the same name: Giant.
Gilbert’s access, however, carries a price. Her proximity to the topic and her admiration for Ferber—which many readers will come to share—sometimes complicate the framing of her own shots. Early on, for example, she promises no more than a cursory look at her great-aunt’s career before Giant but then devotes nearly a quarter of the book to it.
