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Then again

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York TimesPeopleVogue ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR -- Financial TimesChicago Sun-Times The Independent * Bookreporter The Sunday Business PostMom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There were always little reminders pasted on the...

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Main Author: Keaton, Diane.
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Language: English
Published: New York : Random House Audio, 2011.
Edition: Unabridged.
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Summary: NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York TimesPeopleVogue ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR -- Financial TimesChicago Sun-Times The Independent * Bookreporter The Sunday Business PostMom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There were always little reminders pasted on the kitchen wall. For example, the word THINK. I found THINK thumbtacked on a bulletin board in her darkroom. I saw it Scotch-taped on a pencil box she'd collaged. I even found a pamphlet titled THINK on her bedside table. Mom liked to THINK. So begins Diane Keaton's unforgettable memoir about her mother and herself. In it you will meet the woman known to tens of millions as Annie Hall, but you will also meet, and fall in love with, her mother, the loving, complicated, always-thinking Dorothy Hall. To write about herself, Diane realized she had to write about her mother, too, and how their bond came to define both their lives. In a remarkable act of creation, Diane not only reveals herself to us, she also lets us meet in intimate detail her mother. Over the course of her life, Dorothy kept eighty-five journals -- literally thousands of pages -- in which she wrote about her marriage, her children, and, most probingly, herself. Dorothy also recorded memorable stories about Diane's grandparents. Diane has sorted through these pages to paint an unflinching portrait of her mother -- a woman restless with intellectual and creative energy, struggling to find an outlet for her talents -- as well as her entire family, recounting a story that spans four generations and nearly a hundred years. More than the autobiography of a legendary actress, Then Again is a book about a very American family with very American dreams. Diane will remind you of yourself, and her bonds with her family will remind you of your own relationships with those you love the most. From the Hardcover edition.
Item Description: Unabridged.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (7 audio files) : digital
Playing Time: 08::1:1:
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ISBN: 9780307934048
Author Notes: Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall; January 5, 1946) is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor. Her fourth, Annie Hall (1977), won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Keaton's memoir, entitled Then Again was published by Random House on November 15, 2011. Her next non-fiction book, Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty, made the New york times bestseller list in 2014. She continues to star in and direct many popular movies.

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