Dancing at Ciro's: A Family's Love, Loss, and Scandal on the Sunset Strip
Sep 2015 · Macmillan + ORM
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"Poignant memoir of a not-so-typical New York Jewish family's experiences in the midcentury Hollywood demimonde ... Equal parts emotional tissue-party and shrewd cultural history." - Kirkus Reviews
In 1958, young Sheila Weller was living a charmed life with her family in Beverly Hills. Her father was a brilliant brain surgeon. Her mother was a movie-magazine writer whose brother owned Hollywood's most dazzling nightclub, Ciro's. Then her world exploded after she witnessed her uncle's brutal attempt to kill her father.
In Dancing at Ciro's, Weller has written a deeply felt memoir of her family's life contrasted with those most glamorous days of Hollywood's forties and fifties. While vividly describing Lana Turner's, Frank Sinatra's, and Sammy Davis Jr.'s evenings--and breakdowns--at Ciro's, Weller casts a keen eye on her own family's turmoil and loss.
In 1958, young Sheila Weller was living a charmed life with her family in Beverly Hills. Her father was a brilliant brain surgeon. Her mother was a movie-magazine writer whose brother owned Hollywood's most dazzling nightclub, Ciro's. Then her world exploded after she witnessed her uncle's brutal attempt to kill her father.
In Dancing at Ciro's, Weller has written a deeply felt memoir of her family's life contrasted with those most glamorous days of Hollywood's forties and fifties. While vividly describing Lana Turner's, Frank Sinatra's, and Sammy Davis Jr.'s evenings--and breakdowns--at Ciro's, Weller casts a keen eye on her own family's turmoil and loss.
"Poignant memoir of a not-so-typical New York Jewish family's experiences in the midcentury Hollywood demimonde ... Equal parts emotional tissue-party and shrewd cultural history." - Kirkus Reviews
In 1958, young Sheila Weller was living a charmed life with her family in Beverly Hills. Her fathe...
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Christi Gibson
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July 29, 2026
I am an avid reader and am rarely disappointed by most books that I selectively choose to read. So, I tend to rate most of my selections with 5 stars. Regarding this particular book (and I have never made this comment before), I wish I had the option of rating it a BIG 10. Not only is it extraordinarily written, but deserves to be a mini-series for television. From beginning to end, I literally had a difficult time putting it down. So much so, that I would literally fall asleep in my chair until the wee hours of the morning resulting in my biological clock getting way off kilter and my packing delayed for an important trip. Thank you, Sheila Weller, for sharing your remarkable story. You are definitely a chip off of your mom's block. As for Esther Kaufman, her perception in judgement was/is lacking.
About the author
Sheila Weller is the author of many books, including Marrying the Hangman: A True Story of Privilege, Marriage, and Murder and The New York Times bestseller Raging Heart: The Intimate Story of the Tragic Marriage of O. J. and Nicole Brown Simpson. A Senior Contributing Editor at Glamour, she has written for New York, Vanity Fair, The Village Voice, Self, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Ms., and Rolling Stone. She lives in New York City.
Sheila Weller is the author of many books, including Marrying the Hangman: A True Story of Privilege, Marriage, and Murder and The New York Times bestseller Raging Heart: The Intimate Story of the Tragic Marriage of O. J. and Nicole Brown Simpson. A Senior Contributing Editor at Glamour, she has ...
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