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MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES IN PRINT .""A stunningly honest, engrossing account . . . Shirley MacLaine's discovery of a new sense of purpose, joy, energy, and love will touch and astonish you.""-Literary Guild Magazine An outspoken thinker, a celebrated actress, a truly independent woman, Shirley MacLaine takes us on an intimate yet powerful journey into her personal life and inner self. An intense, clandestine love affair with a prominent politician sparks Shirley's quest of self-discovery. From Stockholm to Hawaii to the mountain vastness of Peru, from disbelief to radiant affirmation, she at last discovers the roots of her very existence . . . and the infinite possibilities of life. Shirley opens her heart to explore the meaning of a great and enduring passion with her lover Gerry; the mystery of her soul's connection with her best friend David; the tantalizing secrets behind a great actor's inspiration with the late Peter Sellers. And through it all, Shirley's courage and candor opens new doors, new insights, new revelations-and a luminous new world she invites us all to share.
Full Product Details
Author: Shirley MacLaine
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Bantam Books Inc
Edition: Bantam Rack ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 10.70cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 17.20cm
Weight: 0.215kg
ISBN: 9780553273700
ISBN 10: 0553273701
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 October 1986
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
A stunningly honest, engrossing account of an intimate journey inward. Shirley MacLaine's discovery of a new sense of purpose, joy, energy, and love will touch and astonish you. -- Literary Guild Magazine, <br> An immensely appealing woman-bright, open, straightforward, sincere. -- The New York Daily News
A stunningly honest, engrossing account of an intimate journey inward. Shirley MacLaine's discovery of a new sense of purpose, joy, energy, and love will touch and astonish you. --Literary Guild Magazine. <p/> An immensely appealing woman-bright, open, straightforward, sincere. --The New York Daily News
A stunningly honest, engrossing account of an intimate journey inward. Shirley MacLaine's discovery of a new sense of purpose, joy, energy, and love will touch and astonish you. --Literary Guild Magazine. An immensely appealing woman-bright, open, straightforward, sincere. --The New York Daily News -A stunningly honest, engrossing account of an intimate journey inward. Shirley MacLaine's discovery of a new sense of purpose, joy, energy, and love will touch and astonish you.---Literary Guild Magazine. -An immensely appealing woman-bright, open, straightforward, sincere.---The New York Daily News A stunningly honest, engrossing account of an intimate journey inward. Shirley MacLaine's discovery of a new sense of purpose, joy, energy, and love will touch and astonish you. -- Literary Guild Magazine, An immensely appealing woman-bright, open, straightforward, sincere. -- The New York Daily News
A stunningly honest, engrossing account of an intimate journey inward. Shirley MacLaine's discovery of a new sense of purpose, joy, energy, and love will touch and astonish you. --Literary Guild Magazine. An immensely appealing woman-bright, open, straightforward, sincere. --The New York Daily News A stunningly honest, engrossing account of an intimate journey inward. Shirley MacLaine's discovery of a new sense of purpose, joy, energy, and love will touch and astonish you. -- Literary Guild Magazine, An immensely appealing woman-bright, open, straightforward, sincere. -- The New York Daily News
"""A stunningly honest, engrossing account of an intimate journey inward. Shirley MacLaine's discovery of a new sense of purpose, joy, energy, and love will touch and astonish you.""--Literary Guild Magazine. ""An immensely appealing woman-bright, open, straightforward, sincere.""--The New York Daily News"
A stunningly honest, engrossing account of an intimate journey inward. Shirley MacLaine's discovery of a new sense of purpose, joy, energy, and love will touch and astonish you. --<i>Literary Guild Magazine</i>. An immensely appealing woman-bright, open, straightforward, sincere. --<i>The New York Daily News</i>
Author Information
Shirley Maclaine was born and raised in Virginia. She began her career as a Broadway dancer and singer, then progressed to featured performer and award-winning actress in television and films. She has traveled extensively around the world, and her experiences in Africa, Bhutan, and the Far East formed the basis for her first two bestsellers,Don't Fall Off the MountainandYou Can Get There From Here. Her investigations into the spiritual realm were the focus ofOut on a Limb, Dancing in the Light, It's All in the Playing,andGoing Within, all of which were national and worldwide bestsellers. In her intimate memoirDance While You Can, she wrote about aging, relationships, work, her parents, her daughter, and her own future as an artist and a woman. MyLucky Stars- A Hollywood Memoiroffers a candid and searching look at her forty years in Hollywood and the stars who taught her about show business and life.
