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Bezig met laden... Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn (2006)door Donald Spoto
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. My review is useless, I love Audrey too much. ( ) FROM AMAZON: Her name is synonymous with elegance, style, and grace. Over the course of her extraordinary life and career, Audrey Hepburn captured hearts around the world and created a public image that stands as one of the most recognizable and beloved in recent memory. But despite her international fame and her tireless efforts on behalf of UNICEF, Audrey was also known for her intense privacy. With unprecedented access to studio archives, friends, and colleagues who knew and loved her, best-selling author Donald Spoto provides an intimate and moving account of this beautiful, elusive, and talented woman. Tracing her astonishing rise to stardom, from her harrowing childhood in Nazi-controlled Holland during World War II to her years as a struggling ballet dancer in London and her Tony Award-winning Broadway debut in Gigi, Spoto illuminates the origins of Audrey's tenacious spirit and fiercely passionate nature. Biography obviously pulled together from scraps of info out there in various public media. A Kitty Kelley without the vicious slant. So Three stars for the uninspired writing efforts. But the subject matter truly is so very enchanting and much more -- an iron butterfly. The most unique "movie star" I think we will ever see. One is left with her UNICEF years, which are so hard to read about, never mind live through. If "Goddess" weren't such a shopworn term; she, amongst very few women (and probably no movie stars) would deserve the appellation. Then my little whimsical wish: she has always been the one I most wanted to to look like, had I the choice. Darling, darling Audrey. I must admit I was skeptical about this book when I started it. I guess I just didn't know if there was anything new about the actress that I hadn't heard before. But Shazam! I think I have an even healthier respect for Ms. Hepburn. The book was enlightening in the following ways: the actress had a very healthy sexual life; she was from Dutch nobility; she originated the play Gigi and was discovered by Collette; the barren latter period of her acting career. I have read other books by Spoto and was pleasantly surprised with this very well written and engaging biography. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:While her name is synonymous with elegance, style and grace, this poignant, funny and deeply moving biography, reveals the private Audrey Hepburn and invites readers to fall in love with her all over again. Over the course of her extraordinary life and career, Audrey captured hearts around the world and created a public image that stands as one of the most recognizable and beloved in recent memory. But despite her international fame and her tireless efforts on behalf of UNICEF, Audrey was also known for her intense privacy. With unprecedented access to studio archives, friends and colleagues who knew and loved Audrey, bestselling author Donald Spoto provides an intimate and moving account of this beautiful, elusive and talented woman. Tracing her astonishing rise to stardom, from her harrowing childhood in Nazi-controlled Holland during World War II to her years as a struggling ballet dancer in London and her Tony Awardâ??winning Broadway debut in Gigi, Spoto illuminates the origins of Audreyâ??s tenacious spirit and fiercely passionate nature. She would go on to star in some of the most popular movies of the twentieth century, including Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Funny Face, The Nunâ??s Story, Breakfast at Tiffanyâ??s and My Fair Lady. A friend and inspiration to renowned designer Hubert de Givenchy, Audrey also emerged as a fashion icon and her influence on womenâ??s fashion virtually unparalleled to this day. Behind the glamorous public persona, Audrey was a different and deeper person and a woman who craved love and affection. Donald Spoto offers remarkable insights into her professional and personal relationships with her two husbands, and with celebrities such as Gregory Peck, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, Robert Anderson, Cary Grant, Peter Oâ??Toole, Albert Finney and Ben Gazzara. The turbulent romances of her youth, her profound sympathy for the plight of hungry children, and the thrills and terrors of motherhood prepared Audrey for the final chapter in her life, as she devoted herself entirely to the charity efforts of an organization that had once come to her rescue at the end o Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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