Elizabeth by J. Randy Taraborelli
If Catherine married Heathcliff, I imagine that they would have been like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor - drinking, swearing, throwing things at each other, and passionately making up. In one case, a staff member on a film went up to their room, where objects were flying all over the place and decided to ‘get the hell out of there! Fifteen minutes later, Burton and Taylor walked out of the room holding hands. Like Catherine and Heathcliff’s love, it was toxic, but they truly were soulmates. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in The Sandpiper. Their affair and their two marriages is the most interesting part of this book, I think, but it is a sympathetic look at Taylor’s tempestuous personal life, and personality. Yes, she could be a real diva —selfish, entitled, annoying, and immoral. However, she was also down-to-earth, generous to a fault, and extremely big-hearted, as exemplified by her devotion to the AIDS cause. She also had courage, and resilience. Her illnesses and i...
