A life made bearable with Judy Garland in it

My Judy Garland Life: For Anyone Who’s Ever Held a Candle to a Star. By Susie Boyt, Virago, €17.55

In 1951, Judy Garland played Dublin’s Theatre Royal for 14 sold-out performances to more than 50,000 people.

S he was the most popular female crowd-puller to visit Ireland since Queen Victoria. On the night of her funeral in New York 18 years later, the grieving patrons of a gay bar, the Stonewall, started to ...