Liza Minnelli doesn’t need your pity
The star’s new memoir reveals struggles with men, addiction and having Judy Garland as a mother
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Gerry Brakus is the Creative Editor of the New Statesman. She has overseen covers, photography and illustration from Westminster to Washington.
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