Whatever Happened to Jacy Farrow

Ceil Cleveland and Larry McMurtry grew up as friends in the little Texas town of Archer City, fictionalized by McMurtry in The Last Picture Show, which later became a film by Peter Bogdanovich. Among the locals, Cleveland has long been assumed to be the principal model for the novel's iconic character, Jacy Farrow--played in the movie by Cybill Shepherd. In this memoir, Cleveland recalls a girl's life in small-town Texas.