Love Life
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4.5 • 11 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
'A fresh pop-culture history of Hollywood ... from the point of view of the man who lived it. He is as funny as he is thoughtful [and] as interested in the world as the world is interested in him.' - PEOPLE
Actor Rob Lowe is an entertaining raconteur whose bestselling first book, Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography, was hailed as 'self-deprecatingly funny' (The New York Times) and 'thoroughly entertaining' (Time) and earned the author the cover of Vanity Fair.
After writing his acclaimed debut, Lowe wanted to share more of the stories he only tells his friends. Love Life serves up another delicious selection of intimate stories and observations from Lowe's life, told with humour, warmth, and brutal honesty. The result is a touching and hilarious memoir about the business and craft of acting, the pitfalls of success, family, love, and much more.
A wildly entertaining series of celebrity revelations, as well as a heartfelt family story told with disarming candour that will surprise and move you, Love Life is fascinating, funny and poignant. If you love life, you'll love this book.
Praise for Stories I Only Tell My Friends:
'A lovely autobiography, equal parts dish and pathos.' - VANITY FAIR
'[Lowe] writes viscerally and insightfully. . . . He looks back at the aberrant highs of his heartthrob days, the changing nature of stardom in Hollywood, the trade-off he has WC made between high life and home life, and the step-by-step effort behind his show business survival. He looked likethe callowest kid in the Outsiders crew. Now he looks like the sturdiest of them all.' - THE NEW YORK TIMES
'His attitude is so vulnerable and straightforward that many readers, appreciating his cautionary tale, might want to shake his hand.' - THE WASHINGTON POST
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Actor Rob Lowe's (Stories I Only Tell My Friends) second memoir deals largely in his more recent past, using the personal essay as a form to reflect on a variety of topics most, notably his television work and life as a husband and father. He provides insight into his acting process, how he held his own in a scene with Dame Maggie Smith, captured the essence of JFK for Killing Kennedy and conceived the character he played in Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra. He also breaks down some of his post-West Wing failures like NBC's The Lyon's Den plagued by production, writing, and actress problems and CBS's Dr. Vegas, where Lowe found himself ruing his insistence on casting troubled actor Tom Sizemore. When he does travel back to earlier years he seems less invested, but paints a vivid picture of 1970's Malibu, "a bastion of laissez-faire, self-centered, malignant disregard," recalls a visit to the Playboy Mansion at age 19, and being on set for Alec Baldwin's classic speech in Glengarry Glen Ross, "one of the largest beat-downs an actor has ever delivered." On parenting, Lowe shares several amusing anecdotes, the best of which involves a camping trip and a Bigfoot costume, and he reflects on the mix of pride and sadness of sending his son off to college. Lowe's second effort is an interesting insider's perspective on what works in Hollywood and what seems to be irredeemably broken and his advice on life and relationships is well-conceived and intelligent.
Customer Reviews
Brilliant.
I wasn't sure what to expect with 'Love Life', but Rob Lowe's breezy, articulate way of communicating has been a pure joy. This book is human, reflective, witty, hilarious and often deeply touching. I loved the journey, sad it's ended.