Hoboken's most famous son, Frank Sinatra, is the subject of "Lady Blue Eyes: My Life With Frank'' by his last wife, Barbara Sinatra.The latest tell-all book about
Hoboken
's most famous son,
Frank Sinatra
, is told from the perspective of his fourth and final wife, Barbara.
"Lady Blue Eyes: My Life With Frank"
(Crown Archetype; 388 pages; $24.99) gets two out of four stars from
.
"If you're interested in celebrity marriages, this memoir is the predictable dip into such shallow waters,'' reviewer Craig Wilson writes. "If you're not, you can at least pass the time counting the names dropped. There are thousands."
Sounds like a good one for the beach.
According to Wilson, the book may not hold any surprises for those with even a passing interest in the multi-talented, larger-than-life son of a Hoboken firefighter.
But hearing it from his widow -- a former Vegas showgirl and onetime wife of Zeppo Marx -- could be interesting.
For example, Ol' Blue Eyes was "definitely a Jekyll and Hyde," the now-84-year-old Barbara Sinatra says in the book, recounting scenes around the globe.
And even what she doesn't say is telling.
"Did he cheat?'' Wilson writes. "All she'll say is that she took Palm Springs neighbor Lee Annenberg's advice: Look the other way.''