Marc Shapiro's riveting biography charts Parker's rise to fame, from her poverty-stricken roots in a small rural town in Ohio to overnight stardom on Broadway in Annie, followed by Hollywood success in her breakthrough movie role in Footloose. The book also includes in-depth details of her tragic romance with drug addict Robert Downey Jr and subsequent high-profile relationships with John F Kennedy Jr and Nicholas Cage; her marriage with the man of her dreams. Matthew Broderick, and why she refuses to appear nude in movies and photo shoots.