Anything Your Little Heart Desires: An American Family Story

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Oct 26, Elizabeth rated it really liked it. The FBI kept a secret dossier on him. He was a confidante to stars; adviser to politicians; and lawyer to the likes of William Randolph Hearst, Rita Hayworth, and the blacklisted Hollywood Ten, whom he defended during the House Un-American Activities Committee trials of Crum was also Patricia Bosworth's father—a frequently absent, unrelentingly principled, and stubbornly self-destructive one.

A searingly honest memoir in which the author investigates and exposes her own parents The FBI kept a secret dossier on him. A searingly honest memoir in which the author investigates and exposes her own parents and the ways in which she herself could not look at the truth about them.

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Tough, well written and painful. A sad and wonderful book What an amazing life the author's family had.

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Her father, Bart Crum, was an extremely talented lawyer, fixer, mover and shaker not only in the Hollywood community but also in high levels of diplomatic government. Her mother was beautiful, had exquisite taste in furnishings, lifestyle and entertaining the good and the great. However, she was deeply dissatisfied with her husband's constant business away from home and sought comfort outside the marriage. This left two rather A sad and wonderful book What an amazing life the author's family had. This left two rather parentless children to make do as best they could with the result that the author's brother committed suicide.

Her father never recovered from this, nor did the marriage, and he subsequently ended his life with a seconal overdose after numerous tries earlier.

A bit too much information for me about the Communist witch hunts during which Bart defended many of the accused and was mostly blacklisted himself as a result. Very rich in detail about an impressive family and the inner and outer workings of a marriage. Really enjoyed the exploration of a dysfunctional family and the history od the times. Bartley Crum was in every main movement and seem to know everybody and watching a pre-eminent personality derail was also an interesting study. Many of these events took place as I was growing up and it was also interesting to line up my own life against these events.

The Truman era was a contentious political time Edgar Hoover, attempts at a thir Really enjoyed the exploration of a dysfunctional family and the history od the times. Edgar Hoover, attempts at a third party, ultra conservatives in power Feb 25, Mandy rated it really liked it. Patricia Bosworth, the author, is the daughter of one of the Hollywood 10 attorneys. Unlike most histories of the McCarthy period and the challenges to Hollywood, this vantage point is less self-congratulatory and focuses more on the moral complexities of the investigations and efforts to chill speech.

Her father was one of the only attorneys not aligned with the communist party, and instead came from a liberal Republican perspective about the importance of freedom of speech and association. His Patricia Bosworth, the author, is the daughter of one of the Hollywood 10 attorneys. His devotion to hopeless causes made him both a charismatic and tragic figure in the end.

Sloan rated it it was amazing Mar 29, Melyssa rated it really liked it May 03, BettyLou Authier rated it it was amazing Jul 14, Robb Dew rated it really liked it Sep 23, Oolookitty rated it liked it Jun 17, BookBully rated it liked it Jun 16, Kristin Greenleaf rated it did not like it May 24, Skydoglondon rated it liked it Feb 26, This makes it easier to see the sometimes humorous irony that goes along with it all.

She paints her subjects so well. The reader feels he really knows them. Nothing is forgotten in this book. Neither the chaos of the big things nor the beauty in the details. What an amazing life the author's family had. Her father, Bart Crum, was an extremely talented lawyer, fixer, mover and shaker not only in the Hollywood community but also in high levels of diplomatic government. Her mother was beautiful, had exquisite taste in furnishings, lifestyle and entertaining the good and the great.

However, she was deeply dissatisfied with her husband's constant business away from home and sought comfort outside the marriage. This left two rather parentless children to make do as best they could with the result that the author's brother committed suicide.

Her father never recovered from this, nor did the marriage, and he subsequently ended his life with a seconal overdose after numerous tries earlier.

A bit too much information for me about the Communist witch hunts during which Bart defended many of the accused and was mostly blacklisted himself as a result. Very rich in detail about an impressive family and the inner and outer workings of a marriage.

One person found this helpful. Both books are a delight and worth. Bosworth writes with candor, insight, perceptiveness and in both volumes the sensitivity of a young girl and an intelligent woman. Both books are a delight and worth reading for one who's interested in the history of our times told from a unique and inside view. A prelude of sorts to the Summer of Love in that it describes the intensity and political Horror that came before, that generated the Beats and then an overwhelming need for love and communication.

I was a middle class, middle western child of the 50's and totally ignorant of all that was happening in the world. My parents didn't discuss or even acknowledge any of it. I was looking for context for the Hollywood Blacklist.

Although Bosworth's father, Bart Crum, played a fairly minor role in the Blacklist affair, as he defended only two of the accused screenwriters, nonetheless his involvement was crucial. He was a liberal Republican in a crowd of New Dealers, fellow travelers, and Communists.

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In the end he wasn't able to get off scot free. Bosworth lets the reader draw conclusions about what led to Crum's suicide. It's a horrible story and bears repeating, over and over again. Bosworth is also good at delineating the personality and actions of her mother, a charming hostess who was also capable of drowning puppies in the bathtub. Finally, the description of 's upper-middle-class milieu is superbly done.

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