Interesting – but far too padded with minutiae

Listened to this in tandem with Audible’s "Gone With the Wind" (highly recommend!!).

What begins as an interesting biography of Margaret Mitchell gradually bogs down into excruciating minutiae focused on the mechanics of publishing GWTW and production of the movie itself. At times – literally – it felt like events were recounted in real time. Then there were word-for-word transcripts of "Peggy" Mitchell’s correspondence with obscure journalists and assorted "who-dats".

Mitchell’s early life, as portrayed in this biography, was intriguing background for this fan of GWTW … but she becomes increasingly off-putting as time goes on.

As I write this, I’m (still) listening … this time, to quote after quote after quote of movie reviews from 1939.

Edwards is an excellent biographer, and I took a chance on this new release based on my experience. Unfortunately, this time – a skimpy biography is padded beyond recognition.