Download or read book Child Star written by Shirley Temple and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shirley Temple-Black, the popular child star of the 1930s and 1940s, tells of the ups and downs of life as a Hollywood prodigy. She writes of her relationship with her parents, how her finances were controlled, two attempts on her life, her first marriage at 17 and her second, happier marriage to Charlie Black.