A Fine Romance
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- 429,00 Kč
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- 429,00 Kč
Publisher Description
In this New York Times bestseller, acclaimed actress Candice Bergen “shows how to do a memoir right...The self-possessed, witty, and down-to-earth voice that made Bergen’s first memoir a hit when it was published in 1984 has only been deepened by life’s surprises” (The New York Times Book Review).
In her “unflinchingly honest” (The Washington Post) memoir, Candice Bergen recounts the moments that shaped her life: her first marriage at age thirty-four to acclaimed French director Louis Malle; the unleashing of her inner comic with Murphy Brown; the devastation of Malle’s death; the unexpected joy of finding love again; and the deep pride of watching her daughter come into her own.
In her decidedly nontraditional marriage to the insatiably curious Louis, Bergen traces their travels to film sets around the globe. Pregnant with Chloe at thirty-nine, she reflects with warmth and humor on entering motherhood later in life. She also offers vivid, behind-the-scenes glimpses of Murphy Brown, from caterwauling with Aretha Franklin to the surreal moment of becoming headline news when Dan Quayle objected to her character’s choice to become a single mother. With moving honesty, Bergen confronts life’s universal passages: caring for a spouse in his final illness, getting older, and falling in love again after an unexpected blind date.
By the time the last page is turned, “we’re all likely to be wishing Bergen herself—funny, insightful, self-deprecating, flawed (and not especially concerned about that), and slugging her way through her older years with bemused determination—was living next door” (USA TODAY).
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With her trademark wit, Bergen (Knock Wood) leads readers through the highs and lows of her professional and personal life in this entertaining and poignant memoir chock-full of Hollywood cameos. After a disastrous first date unexpectedly leads to love, Bergen marries French director Louis Malle in 1980 and the pair travel the world as their respective films take them from India to France. Always ambivalent about motherhood, Bergen decides to have a child at the relatively late age of 39. Their daughter, Chloe, is born in 1985 an event that changes the dynamic of Bergen's relationship with Malle, as he's unable to be wholly present for Chloe's upbringing due to filming commitments. The desire for a steady schedule is one perk that draws Bergen to the groundbreaking CBS comedy series Murphy Brown. Her descriptions of the rewards and challenges that came with playing the titular tough-talking "Mike Wallace in a skirt," her first foray into both TV and real comedy, are among the book's strongest sections. Dealt a crushing blow when Malle was diagnosed with a rare and fatal neurological disease and died in 1995, Bergen recounts finding her footing again both in her career she spent several seasons on the series Boston Legal and in her love life, marrying New York real estate developer Marshall Rose in 2000. Never afraid to poke fun at herself or celebrity culture, Bergen is as fresh, funny, and biting as Murphy Brown was nearly 30 years ago.