Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series) - Hardcover

Turner, Kathleen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410405117 ISBN 13: 9781410405111

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2008

Synopsis

A self-portrait by the award-winning actress discusses such topics as the father she lost at a young age, her struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, and her relationships with such fellow celebrities as Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, and Francis Ford Coppola.

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About the Author

Kathleen Turner is an award-winning actress who has starred in over twenty-five films including Prizzi's Honor, Romancing the Stone, and The War of the Roses, along with twelve Broadway shows including The Graduate and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. She is active in Planned Parenthood, People for the American Way, and City Meals on Wheels. She lives in New York City.

From Publishers Weekly

Turner has starred in films as diverse as Body Heat and Romancing the Stone; she's had rave reviews for her stage performances in The Graduate and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Now Turner, with the aid of Gloria Feldt, bares her heart to readers in an upbeat account of her life and work. Turner discovered the theater when she was a teenager living with her Foreign Service family in London; from then on, she took every opportunity to study acting and to perform. Eventually, she landed the steamy lead in Body Heat. Playing such a sexually voracious female role might have typecast her, so she followed it with a comedy, The Man with Two Brains. As she discusses the other acting roles she's chosen, she's emphatic that the selection of material and characters I play reflects my values. She's also been deliberate in her offstage life—her decision to marry, to have a child and to divorce. With great candor, she details some of her worst struggles, battling both rheumatoid arthritis and alcohol. In the end, she's realized it comes down to taking the lead role in her own life. While she may indulge in swear words a bit much for some readers, Turner's vision of life's many possibilities—even as she gets older—is surely inspiring. (Mar.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1410405117
• ISBN 13: 9781410405111
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 455