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We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. Ranging from the bonds that hold family together, to inconsistencies in interviews with detectives to complications with evidence, this story of sisterhood and mystery presents a fresh perspective on a night that has long been fodder for Hollywood lore.We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. By elucidating previously unknown complications of Natalie's life, and offering new evidence from key parties involved in the investigation-including the boat's captain and other witnesses-Little Sister recounts Lana's search for the truth and brings to light explosive details that have been suppressed for decades. She realized she was ignoring what was in front of her, and that the best way to honor her sister's legacy would be uncovering the secrets behind the very end of Natalie's life.

Uncertain of what her own search would unravel, and frightened of the possibilities, Lana stayed silent for years, until she no longer could. But there was tremendous fear about investigating the case.

Her closest confidante from childhood, Lana stood witness to Natalie's life: the successes, the heartache, and her deepest pain. In 2018, at the urging of the public, it was reclassified as 'suspicious.' Ever since, the question has remained: What really happened to Natalie Wood? Lana Wood, Natalie's younger sister, long suspected nefarious circumstances surrounding her sister's death. What was originally believed to be an open-and-shut case of accidental drowning has been called into question over the years, and in 2011 the investigation was reopened.

The beloved movie star's tragic drowning shook America, inspiring troves of magazine covers and media pieces. On the night of November 29, 1981, Natalie Wood disappeared from her yacht, the Splendour, while visiting Catalina Island with her husband, Robert 'R.J.' Wagner and their friend, Christopher Walken. In this memoir, Lana Wood investigates the mysterious drowning of her sister, the actress Natalie Wood, and clears up the myths and misconceptions behind one of the most notorious celebrity deaths of our time.

Natalie Wood by Lana Wood