A Lotus Grows in the Mud

by Goldie Hawn (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $4.48

  This title is a Sunday Times Bestseller. In A Lotus Grows in the Mud , Goldie Hawn takes us on an inspiring odyssey and, with her trademark effervescent humour, reveals the lessons she's learned and the wisdom she's gained along the way. This is Goldie's chance to talk about everything from anger and fear, to love, compassion, friendship, and the many challenges she's faced in her career. First recalling her early days as the little girl from suburbia who longed to be a ballerina but felt like an ugly duckling, Goldie then takes us on a whirlwind tour through her go-go dancing years in 1960s New York, her phenomenal success on TV's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in , Hollywood stardom and her extraordinary experiences in films such as the Oscar-winning Cactus Flower , Swing Shift , and Private Benjamin . She also speaks about her relationship with her family - partner Kurt Russell, her children Kate Hudson, Oliver Hudson and Wyatt Russell, and her stepson Boston. Written with compassion and integrity, A Lotus Grows in the Mud is an insightful and inspiring look back at a life well lived by a woman well loved.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2005

  $4.20

  Goldie Hawn is a born storyteller. In this candid and insightful book, she invites us to join her in a look back at the people, places and events that have shaped her life. It is the journey of a heart in search of enlightenment. With her trademark effervescent humour, Goldie tells us about the lessons she's learned and the wisdom she feels she's been given. Not a Hollywood 'tell-all', A Lotus Grows in the Mud is rather a very personal reflection on one woman's life: Goldie's delight in her father's spirited spontaneity; the confidence instilled in her by her mother; the unexpected gifts of comfort from strangers many miles from home; and the joy of being a daughter, a sister, a lover and a parent. This is Goldie's chance to talk about everything from anger and fear to love, compassion, integrity, friendship, the importance of family and the challenges of show business. Goldie writes about her younger self - the little girl who felt like an ugly duckling - and growing up in suburbia, dreaming of becoming a ballerina. She takes us on a tour through her go-go dancing years in 1960s New York, her phenomenal success on TV's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in, and then to the world of Hollywood stardom and her extraordinary experiences in films like the Oscar-winning Cactus Flower, Swing Shift, and Private Benjamin. In A Lotus Grows in the Mud Goldie speaks of her relationship with her family - partner Kurt Russell, her children Kate Hudson, Oliver Hudson and Wyatt Russell, and her stepson Boston - her growing faith, her curiosity about the future, and her unquenchable thirst for knowledge and understanding. Most of all, it is a trip back through a life well lived by a woman well loved.