Follow the Signs: Searching for Linda Goodman, Courtney Ann Lafaive

Description

If you have ever been asked "What's your sign?" you have Linda Goodman to thank--or blame. America's first New Age celebrity, Goodman's 1968 book, Sun Signs, sold over 60 million copies, while the advance for her second book, Love Signs, broke an unprecedented $2.25 million. And yet, in 1973, Goodman's daughter was found dead and the police declared it a suicide. Headlines criticized and discredited Goodman, ultimately overshadowing the revolutionary nature of her work. Reading her astrological wisdom decades after its heyday, LaFaive contemplates the redemption of Goodman as a literary and spiritual figure, all the while reckoning with her own impulsive forays into love and relationships.

Dimensions

0.9" H x 8.4" L x 5.5" W, 270 pages, paperback.