Lauren Bacall has been an icon for over six decades and has made over 50 films. Together with Humphrey Bogart she became Hollywood s most celebrated couple on and off screen. She has various lifetime achievement awards, two Tony awards, two Golden Globes and an Oscar nomination. She has three children and lives in New York City with her beloved partner Sophie, her dog.
A Blockbuster... You'll love this book. It's hard to put down. - New York Daily NewsLauren Bacall BY MYSELF packs an emotional wallup. Hollywood never turned out a love story up to the level of hers and Bogie's. - The Washington PostA book that is full of raw need and love and humour and pain. - The Chicago TribuneHer elegance is no charade. Her class begins where real class must. In her spirit. - New York TimesShe was the kind of sex symbol a fella could swap wisecracks with and then bring home to mother - Time magazineit's warm, glamorous, yet a down to bedrock book... and in addition to being gorgeous the heroine can write. - Boston Globe
A Blockbuster... You'll love this book. It's hard to put down. - New York Daily NewsLauren Bacall BY MYSELF packs an emotional wallup. Hollywood never turned out a love story up to the level of hers and Bogie's. - The Washington PostA book that is full of raw need and love and humour and pain. - The Chicago TribuneHer elegance is no charade. Her class begins where real class must. In her spirit. - New York TimesShe was the kind of sex symbol a fella could swap wisecracks with and then bring home to mother - Time magazineit's warm, glamorous, yet a down to bedrock book... and in addition to being gorgeous the heroine can write. - Boston Globe
Twenty-five years ago, Bacall first published her best-selling memoir of her early and midlife trials and triumphs; this new edition brings readers up to date with the same style, sensitivity, wit, and passion. Bacall's rise to fame is well known: at 18, she left New York City for Hollywood and landed the lead in To Have and Have Not, costarring Humphrey Bogart. The couple soon became lovers despite Bogart's age and the studio's rejection of their union. Nonetheless, they were happily married for ten years until Bogart succumbed to cancer. Much of the book revolves around Bacall's life with "Bogie" and her friendships with Adlai Stevenson and Frank Sinatra. Bacall also covers more recent events: divorcing Jason Robards after eight years of marriage, suffering the loss of many friends as well as her beloved mother, and earning two Golden Globe Awards. Any fan of Bacall or Bogart will want to read this update; highly recommended for both public and academic libraries.-Rosalind Dayen, South Regional Lib., Broward Cty., FL Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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