After All

Moore, Mary Tyler

ISBN 10: 0399140913 / ISBN 13: 9780399140914

Published by Putnam Adult, 1995

About this Item

SIGNED on bookplate (label)! Not personalized! BOX packed with padding. First Edition, 1995, with full number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 . Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free, slight foxing (tan spots) to exterior edges. Dust Jacket: rubbing to edges, fading, fade lines. See Photos! Same or next day shipping (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships from California. ABOUT: Mary Tyler Moore's 1995 autobiography, After All, is a candid and often heartbreaking look behind her beloved public persona as America's sweetheart on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The book explores the dramatic contrast between her onscreen optimism and the personal struggles she faced offscreen, from a difficult childhood and two failed marriages to her alcoholism and the tragic death of her only son. Professional life and on-screen persona The contrast between public and private life: Moore details her career triumphs, including winning multiple Emmys, while revealing the insecurities and inner turmoil she struggled with privately. Behind-the-scenes stories: The book offers witty and candid anecdotes about her time on television and in film. These include stories about her co-star Elvis Presley in Change of Habit, working with Carl Reiner, and her casting in the film Ordinary People. Insights into comedy and acting: After All provides a firsthand perspective on the television industry and the art of comedy, which was highly praised by The New York Times Book Review. Personal hardships and struggles A difficult childhood: Moore writes frankly about her traumatic childhood and her complicated relationship with her parents. Alcoholism: The memoir details Moore's private struggle with alcoholism, a disease that also affected her mother. She discusses her time at the Betty Ford Clinic and the phone call from Betty Ford herself that helped her. The death of her son: Moore recounts the devastating, accidental death of her only son, Richard, in 1980. Failed marriages: The book covers her two failed marriages, to Richard Carleton Meeker and Grant Tinker, and her eventual happy third marriage to a cardiologist.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: After All
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399140913
• ISBN 13: 9780399140914
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The actress recounts her life and career up to the present, from her tough Brooklyn-to-Hollywood childhood, to her long marriage to Grant Tinker and their painful divorce, the loss of her son, and her struggles with alcoholism.

From the Publisher

The New York Times Bestseller

"Mesmerizing...Fans will love Moore's behind-the-scenes reminiscences."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"One of the top ten books of the year"
--Entertainment Weekly

"A scalding American memoir."
--The Washington Post

"After All, thank God, is not a typical celebrity autobiography...From [this] book alone, you can learn a lot about the art of comedy and acting...These insights and others place her book up there with my two favorite theatrical autobiographies The Long-Distance Runner by Tony Richardson and The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven."
--The New York Times Book Review