Goldie: A Lotus Grows in the Mud - Softcover

Goldie Hawn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425207889 ISBN 13: 9780425207888

Publisher: Berkley, 2006

Synopsis

In this candid, insightful, and unconventional memoir, Goldie Hawn invites us to join her in an inspirational look back at the people, places, and events that have touched her. It is the spiritual journey of a heart in search of enlightenment.

With her trademark effervescence, Goldie delivers a personal look at private and powerful events that carried her through life: her father’s spontaneity; her mother’s courage; and the joy of being a daughter, a sister, a parent, and a lover. She writes about her childhood dreams of becoming a ballerina. She takes us on a tour of her go-go years in 1960s New York City, the phenomenon of TV’s Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, her Oscar-winning debut in Cactus Flower and Hollywood stardom. She writes intimately about the challenges of love, anger and fear, and the importance of compassion and integrity. She speaks openly about her family, her partner Kurt Russell, her children; her faith, her curiosity for that which she doesn’t yet know, and her thirst for knowledge. Most of all, it is a trip back through a life well lived by a woman well loved.

About this title

About the Author:

Goldie Hawn is the founder of the Hawn Foundation as well as an international children’s advocate and enthusiastic campaigner for the mindful celebration of life. An Academy Award–winning actress, producer, and director, she is also a mother and grandmother. Her bestselling autobiography, A Lotus Grows in the Mud, was published in 2005.

From AudioFile:

Goldie Hawn's resumé includes experience as a dancer, comedienne, Oscar-winning actress, producer, wife, and mother. Add to that author and audiobook reader. In her memoir, she also draws on her spirituality as she seeks to make sense of the lessons of living. For instance, she discusses an incident in her childhood in which a teenager fondled her. She wasn't scarred by it, she says, because her mother treated it openly, not hiding it or shaming her. Later she talks about being involved in a serious accident and puzzles about why she didn't die and what her mission in life should be. She covers the basics--her time on "Laugh-In," her movies, her loves, and her children. But she doesn't go into a great deal of detail. Perhaps this is the fault of the abridgment. She is adequate as the reader, but, surprisingly, she doesn't show as much animation as one might have expected. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0425207889
• ISBN 13: 9780425207888
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464