Doris Day: Her Own Story
by A.E. Hotchner
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 068802968X
- ISBN 13
- 9780688029685
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Synopsis
Biography of Doris Day with 36 pages of photographs and filmography. This unusual collaboration in the form of an autobiography brings together a highly skilled professional writer and the film superstar who never enjoyed being thought of as Miss Goody Two-shoes. For the first time, Doris Day tells the story behind the headlines of her private life- three marriages, real and rumored affairs, and professional triumphs countered by personal tragedies. At thirteen Doris was in a car hit by a train, and for a while she expected to be crippled for life. At sixteen she was earning her living on the road signing with bands. At seventeen she married a man who turned out to be a psychopathic sadist. She talks of many other things she never told anyone before, and her book is as compelling as it is honest. Mr. Hotchner, the author of Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir, has enriched her story with candid interviews with her son, Terry Melcher; her mother, her friends, and many of the people she has worked with including Bob Hope, James Garner, and Jack Lemmon. In this perceptive book, "the girl next door" turns out to be an inspiring woman of unique courage and strength.
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- 1748829789
- Title
- Doris Day: Her Own Story
- Author
- A.E. Hotchner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 068802968X
- ISBN 13
- 9780688029685
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
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