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Non-Fiction

Beringia

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4. I think the saying, everyone has one good book in them

Reply to Neoma (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 16, 2020, 11:33 AM

Jun 2020

is true. If they would tell their real life story. Not just, first I was in that movie and then that movie, etc. Or else they tell little stories that have some overall charm to them, but gives you no insight into them as a person. I kind of liked Frank Langella's book Dropped Names, but he capitalized on telling gossipy stories of other Hollywood people. The first person he encountered as a 16 year old exploring New York was Marilyn Monroe getting out of a limousine. And she was very kind to him.

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Books by Celebrities [View all] Beringia Jun 2020 OP

I don't think it's your imagination that memoirs are often disappointing. Mike 03 Jun 2020 #1

Thanks for your perspective Beringia Jun 2020 #2

Celebrity memoirs almost always suck. Neoma Jun 2020 #3

I think the saying, everyone has one good book in them Beringia Jun 2020 #4