Love Life - Couverture souple

Lowe, Rob

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451685734 ISBN 13 : 9781451685732

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

On the heels of his New York Times bestselling Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe is back with an entertaining collection that “invites readers into his world with easy charm and disarming frankness” ( Kirkus Reviews).

After the incredible response to his acclaimed bestseller, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe was convinced to mine his experiences for even more stories. The result is Love Life, a memoir about men and women, actors and producers, art and commerce, fathers and sons, movies and TV, addiction and recovery, sex and love. Among the adventures he describes in these pages are:

· His visit, as a young man, to Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion, where the naïve actor made a surprising discovery in the hot tub.
· The time, as a boy growing up in Malibu, he discovered a vibrator belonging to his best friend’s mother.
· What it’s like to be the star and producer of a flop TV show.
· How an actor prepares, for Californification, Parks and Recreation, and numerous other roles.
· His hilarious account of coaching a kid’s basketball team dominated by helicopter parents.
· How his great, great, great, great, great grandfather may have inspired everything from his love of The West Wing to his taste in classic American architecture.
· His first visit to college, with his son, who is going to receive the education his father never got.
· The time a major movie star stole his girlfriend.

Linked by common themes and his philosophical perspective on love—and life—Lowe’s writing “is loaded with showbiz anecdotes, self-deprecating tales, and has a general sweetness” ( New York Post).

Revue de presse :

“[Lowe] skillfully weaves stories together with common themes and a philosophical perspective. ... Fans who fear he gave up all the good stuff in the first book will be pleasantly surprised. ... Lowe’s candor and willingness to admit his flaws create an authentic voice. His easy writing style will hook readers who won’t judge his book by the handsome man on its cover.” (Associated Press)

“Lowe's self-effacing and straightforward assessments of his own foibles and weaknesses, combined with first-rate storytelling skills. . . .make [Love Life] still feel like a night on the town with a well-connected, charismatic friend with more tales to spill. . . .[I]t's sweet, and he includes very funny accounts. . . . Showing how well he can laugh at himself. ” (USA Today)

“Lowe addresses his life with a welcome levity. This book confirms that Lowe is more than just a pretty face." (Elle)

"[Lowe] writes with perspective and humorous self-effacement.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“Not just pretty but witty and wise.” (AARP Magazine)

“[Love Life] is loaded with showbiz anecdotes, self-deprecating tales and has a general sweetness that some readers might not be expecting from Lowe.” (New York Post)

"Engaging, relatable... entertaining and admirably frank." (The Washington Post)

“A savvy writer with a quick wit, Lowe invites readers into his world with easy charm and disarming frankness.” (Kirkus Reviews)

"Lowe had been reborn as a winning memoirist." (Booklist)

“Somehow Lowe manages to describe a visit to the Playboy Mansion and an unpleasant grade-school sleepover next to the manatee tank at Sea World with equal enthusiasm.” (Book Forum)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1451685734
• ISBN 13: 9781451685732
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272