"Striking and unique. captivating readers by twining simple, evocative text with a stunning array of images." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Lauren Redniss takes a graphically provocative approach in telling [Doris Eaton Travis's] story." - Daily News "With vibrant illustrations, photos, newspaper clippings and interviews, Redniss details how Eaton, now 103, and her six brothers and sisters found fame and fortune on turn-of-the-century Broadway and, later, in Hollywood. By the time you reach the last page. there won't be a dry eye in the house." - Chicago Social "This lush, visually alluring book would make a great gift. picking it up and flipping through the pages, one sees new details, artistically and historically, at each glance.

" - Dance Magazine "Not only did Doris Eaton Travis break records for accomplishment and humanity, she also had great hair and shoes." - Isaac Mizrahi "My favorite new book this year. a visually dazzling melange. unlike anything I've ever seen before." - Slate (best books of 2006 pick) "The opposite of a page-turner: it's a page-stopper, a page-savorer, in short: an unmitigated delight." - Lawrence Weschler, author of Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder and Everything that Rises: A Book of Convergences "Doris Eaton is the darling of Broadway, a New York treasure." - Nils Hanson, National Ziegfeld Club "I wish Lauren Redniss would write and illustrate my biography in the dreamy, luminous way she did Doris Eaton Travis's.

" - Maira Kalman, author and illustrator "With Century Girl, Lauren Redniss creates an entirely new genre of biography." - Nylon magazine.