By Myself and Then Some

By Myself and Then Some

by Lauren Bacall (Author)

Synopsis

Lauren Bacall was barely 20 when she made her Hollywood debut with Humphrey Bogart and became an overnight sex symbol. Their romance on and off screen made them Hollywood's most celebrated couple and together they produced some of the most electric scenes in movie history. But when Bogart died of cancer in 1957, Bacall had to find a way of living beyond the fairytale and ironic way she had evolved. In a time of post war communism, Hollywood blacklisting and revolutionary politics she moved with the legends: Hemingway, the Oliviers, Katharine Hepburn, Bobby Kennedy, an engagement to Frank Sinatra and a second turbulent marriage to Jason Robards. Now at 80, BY MYSELF AND THEN SOME brings her story up to date including her recent films and Broadway runs, fond memories of her children and many close lifelong friendships, not least the greatest love of her life, Humphrey Bogart.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Headline
Published: 28 Feb 2005

ISBN 10: 075531350X
ISBN 13: 9780755313501

Media Reviews
'Lauren Bacall's pacy memoir reveals a stylish, intelligent and very unusual cinema star' -- Scotland on Sunday 20050320 'The epitome of grace, independence and wit, there is no modern day equivalent to Bacall' -- Jewish Telegraph 20050318 'On the evidence of her memoirs she remains a fantastic character - honest, unsparing and easy to adore' -- Mail on Sunday 20050306 'What a trooper! What amazing memories of and links to a glamorous and vanished era...' -- Daily Mail 20050311 'Bacall's unghosted autobiography is hardly new...but the extra And Then Some section brings it up to her recent 80th birthday, and an assertion that, as the Sondheim songs puts it, I'm Still Here' -- Sunday Times 20050306 A Blockbuster... You'll love this book. It's hard to put down. -- New York Daily News Lauren Bacall BY MYSELF packs an emotional wallup. Hollywood never turned out a love story up to the level of hers and Bogie's. -- The Washington Post A book that is full of raw need and love and humour and pain. -- The Chicago Tribune Her elegance is no charade. Her class begins where real class must. In her spirit. -- New York Times She was the kind of sex symbol a fella could swap wisecracks with and then bring home to mother -- Time magazine it's warm, glamorous, yet a down to bedrock book... and in addition to being gorgeous the heroine can write. -- Boston Globe
Author Bio
Lauren Bacall has been an icon for over six decades and has made over 50 films. Together with Humphrey Bogart she became Hollywood's most celebrated couple on and off screen. She has various lifetime achievement awards, two Tony awards, two Golden Globes and an Oscar nomination. She has three children and lives in New York City with her beloved partner Sophie, her dog.