SUCH IS LIFE

by Jeanne Perkins Harman ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 12, 1956

Life means the magazine here and the ""such is"" involves the years Jeanne Perkins spent working on Life as a researcher-reporter after graduating from college. Although she has some criticisms to make of the methods and personalities behind Time, Inc., her ultimate appraisal of the organization is favorable and the anecdotes, brightly recounted, are imbued with the fascination of famous people and places. Among the assignments re-reported are a story on a young Nazi boy who came to the states and whose life became the model for Tomorrow the World: research on the Rockefellers; a stint in Hollywood with Noel Busch; a revealing interview with Emily Post. In addition to these there are the analyses of Life's inner workings and with names disguised where necessary the author points to such shortcomings as the ban against women writers, the whimsical hirings and firings of top editors, the systematic ""treatment"" given undesirable employees and the general reluctance to admit ignorance that seems to spread to the hazily defined purposes of Time, Inc. itself. For many, Life has the unjustifiable air of a bickering police state, but its polished product and high degree of impartiality can never fail to impress.

Pub Date: March 12, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Crowell

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1956

Categories: NONFICTION