The Big Love
{{Infobox book
| name = The Big Love |
| image = Bigloveaadland.jpg
| author = Tedd Thomey, Florence Aadland (as told by)
| country = United States
| language = English
| subject = Biography
| publisher = Lancer Books/Warner Books Edition (1986)/Spurl Editions (2018)
| release_date = 1961
| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| pages = 192 pp
| isbn = 0-446-30159-0
| oclc= 14409362
| preceded_by =
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The Big Love, is a non-fiction scandalous biographical account of an alleged love affair between actor Errol Flynn and then fifteen-year-old actress Beverly Aadland, as told by her mother, Florence Aadland.
The original 1961 edition was first published by Lancer Books. A Warner Books Edition was released in 1986. This edition contained an epilogue by co-author Tedd Thomey, commenting on Florence Aadland's life and death, and her imprisonment. The Big Love was republished, along with supplemental materials, in 2018 by Spurl Editions.{{Cite web|url=https://spurleditions.com/the-big-love|title=The Big Love|website=Spurl Editions|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}}
The book was reviewed by William Styron, a reprint of which appears in This Quiet Dust, and Other Writings.
Stage adaptation
In 1991, actress Tracey Ullman played Florence in a one-woman show by Brooke Allen, directed by Jay Presson Allen, based on the book.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2D81E39F937A25757C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Secret Sharers: Solo Acts in a Confessional Age |last=Richards|first=David|date=1991-04-14|newspaper=New York Times|accessdate=2009-02-15}}{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DukCAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22florence+aadland%22+%22the+big+love%22&pg=PA76|title=Two from the Heart, Two from Hunger|last=Simon|first=John|date=1991-03-18|magazine=New York Magazine|pages=76–77|accessdate=2009-02-15}}
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