Intimate Audrey

'I came to realise my mother was a lioness. She was soft and strong at the same time and had the gentlest of hearts.' – Sean Hepburn Ferrer

The deeply personal, official biography of Audrey Hepburn, full of untold stories exclusive photos and cherish memories from her son Sean Hepburn Ferrer, one of the people who knew her best.

Audrey Hepburn was many things. She was a child survivor of the Second World War. She was a symbol of timeless style. She played a runaway princess, an eccentric socialite and a nun struggling with her faith. But perhaps her greatest contribution to the world was as a selfless humanitarian in the final years of her life.

For Sean Hepburn Ferrer, Audrey was also his mother. In INTIMATE AUDREY,

he candidly recounts how the shy ‘girl from across the landing’ became the star we remember and love today. Featuring never-before-seen photographs and excerpts from her personal letters, this book is an intimate portrait of Audrey: as an icon, as a mother and as an altruist who drew on her own experience of hunger and suffering to advocate fiercely for children in war-torn countries.

Audrey shines in this moving portrait of a mother by her son; a visionary woman who continues to defy all expectations decades after her death.

About the author

Sean Hepburn Ferrer was born in Bürgenstock, Lucerne, Switzerland on July 17, 1960. For 40 years, Sean has worked in every aspect of the Entertainment industry and a series of nonprofits dedicated to continuing his mother's humanitarian legacy as a UNICEF ambassador. He is the author of the New York Times best seller Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit. Sean, together with his wife Karin with whom he not only shares his life but also his day to day business, distilled Audrey's rich life into this essential story in Little Audrey's Daydream. They split their time between Switzerland, Spain, and Florence, Italy, with their five children.

Wendy Holden has written dozens of novels, memoirs and biographies, many of them bestsellers. She co-wrote Goldie Hawn's memoir (A Lotus Grows in the Mud), Barbara Sinatra's memoir (Lady Blue Eyes), and Patricia Gucci's memoir (In the Name of Gucci), among many others.