Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
My Memoir - The instant #1 Sunday Times Bestselling Memoir
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4.5 • 12 Ratings
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Publisher Description
** Fasten your seatbelts, darlings, it's been one helluva ride. **
Liza Minnelli is one of the most iconic and enduring figures in entertainment history. Now, in her first and only memoir, Liza tells her story in her own words - and what a story it is.
Born into Hollywood royalty, Liza was the daughter of legendary director Vincente Minnelli and the incomparable Judy Garland - and yet her beloved Mama's brilliance was matched by deep personal battles, making her both an inspiration and, at times, a source of fear. In this deeply candid memoir, Liza pulls back the curtain on her extraordinary life, from her meteoric rise to Broadway and Hollywood stardom to the whirlwind of high-profile marriages and scandalous affairs, as well as the private heartbreaks of multiple miscarriages and lifelong struggle with Substance Use Disorder. She relives the liberated nights at Studio 54, the activism and friendships that shaped her - including the likes of Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Halston, Mary J. Blige, Michael Jackson and Princess Diana - and the fearless way she defied conventions, embracing sexual fluidity long before it was part of the public conversation.
But above all, as she turns 80 years old, Liza is ready to reclaim her truth, dispelling the tabloid myths and setting the record straight with stories she's never shared before. Raw, strong, sexy, hilarious and unapologetically honest, this is a defiant celebration of self-belief, survival and stardust - proving once and for all why Liza remains one of the most captivating performers the world has ever known.
** Wilkommen to the world of Liza.**
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Decorated entertainer Minnelli's debut delivers on the razzle-dazzle intrigue of its title. Narrating her life story to musician Feinstein, her longtime friend, Minnelli invites readers to join her at the piano bench and soak up the highs and lows of her storied career. She begins on the MGM lot, where she grew up the only child of filmmaker Vincente Minnelli and superstar Judy Garland in the 1940s and '50s ("We were living our own version of Meet Me in St. Louis.... But it wouldn't be all blueberry pie for long"). First witnessing the cracks in her parents' marriage soon after her fifth birthday, Minnelli became a keen observer of her mother's addictions to "pills and alcohol" before grappling with her own addictions in adulthood. Among other chatty showbiz anecdotes, Minnelli recalls breaking an ankle during rehearsals for her Broadway debut and making career-defining turns in the film Cabaret and its companion TV special, Liza with a Z. Through multiple marriages and divorces, successes and flops, she catalogs the pendulum swings of her life with gumption and good humor ("One day it's kicks, then it's kicks in the shins"). Fans new and old will appreciate this portrait of a woman forever committed to putting on a show.
