This coffee table book features 100 photos and beautifully captures Holiday on a cigarette-hazed bandstand, wearing a bare-shouldered, sequined dress, performing songs such as 'Fine and Mellow, ' 'Don't Explain, ' and 'Strange Fruit.' Taken one year after the publication of her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, and two years before her untimely death at age 44, the photos reveal a deeply personal and vibrant side of Holiday. Also included are...extensive technical photography notes by Jerry Dantzic's son, Grayson, who is a photo archivist [and] a moving essay by novelist Smith.