Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman - Couverture rigide

Bosworth, Patricia

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0547152574 ISBN 13 : 9780547152578

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Bosworth Patricia

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Bosworth goes behind the image of an American superwoman, revealing Jane Fonda—more powerful and vulnerable than ever expected—whose struggles for high achievement, love, and successful motherhood mirror the conflicts of a generation of women.

In the hands of this seasoned, tenacious biographer, the evolution of one of the century’s most controversial and successful women becomes nothing less than a great, enthralling American life.

Jane Fonda emerged from a heartbreaking Hollywood family drama to become a ’60s onscreen ingénue and then an Oscar-winning actress. At the top of her game she risked all, rising against the Vietnam War and shocking the world with a trip to Hanoi. Later, while becoming one of Hollywood’s most committed feminists, she financed her husband Tom Hayden’s political career in the ’80s with exercise videos that began a fitness craze and brought in millions of dollars. Just as interesting is Fonda’s next turn, as a Stepford Wife of the Gulfstream set, marrying Ted Turner and seemingly walking away from her ideals and her career.

Fonda’s is a story of the blend of deep insecurity, magnetism, bravery, and determination that fuels the most inspiring and occasionally infuriating public lives. Finally here is Fonda and all the women she’s been.

Revue de presse :

Praise for Montgomery Clift: A Biography "Because of Bosworth's artistry, her ability to choose the right details, and her own immersion in the subject...[this book] is an amazing excursion into a life." --New York Times Book Review "It stands as the definitive work on the gifted, haunted actor." --Los Angeles Times "Here it is--the real thing--inside Montgomery Clift. I've known other actors as well, but none with such a harrowing tale. I kept wondering, could Patricia Bosworth have been there? Everywhere? The book is that vivid and intimate." --Elia Kazan

Praise for Diane Arbus: A Biography "Haunted, disturbing . . . Bosworth has brought us tantalizingly close to her subject." --The New York Times
"A biography that seems to have . . . more than enough material for several art legends. Patricia Bosworth has created a spellbinding portrait." --Andrew Holleran

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0547152574
• ISBN 13: 9780547152578
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 608