Hardcover. 8vo. 300 pp. Signed and inscribed by the American singer, dancer, actress and civil rights activist on the fly leaf, "To Mandi - / I hope you will / find the women in my / family as interesting / as I do - / Sincerely / Lena Horne / Nov, '65" in blue ink. Includes 17 pages of black and white photographs.  With original dust jacket, price clipped, edges worn with small tears; dampstaining to the boardsI, but interior pages clean and otherwise fine. 

"Horne advocated for human rights and took part in the March on Washington in August 1963. Later she returned to her roots as a nightclub performer and continued to work on television while releasing well-received record albums. She announced her retirement in March 1980, but the next year starred in a one-woman show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which ran for more than 300 performances on Broadway. She then toured the country in the show, earning numerous awards and accolades. Horne continued recording and performing sporadically into the 1990s, retreating from the public eye in 2000."