''I'll Cry Tomorrow'' is a 1954 autobiography by
Lillian Roth, co-written by Roth,
Gerold Frank
Gerold Frank (August 2, 1907 – September 17, 1998) was an American writer and ghostwriter. He wrote several celebrity memoirs and was considered a pioneer of the "as told to" form of (auto)biography. His two best-known books, however, are ''Th ...
and journalist
Mike Connolly. It is a "brutally frank" depiction of Roth's alcoholism, one of the earlier books by a celebrity on addiction, and influential in drawing attention to alcoholism as a disease. It sold over 7 million copies in 20 languages. It was adapted into the 1955
film of the same name.
Birth of 'I'll Cry Tomorrow' author Lilian Roth: December 13, 1910", Jewish Women's Archive
References
1954 non-fiction books
American autobiographies
Alcoholics Anonymous
Memoirs about alcoholism
English-language books
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