A personal glimpse into the life of the actress and daughter of legendary actor Henry Fonda describes her antiwar activism, feminism, and child advocacy; marriages to French movie director Roger Vadim, activist Tom Hayden, and media billionaire Ted Turner; and her many movies, with rich insights into the struggles of being human.

Zusatztext Belongs alongside the memoirs of Gloria Steinem! Bella Abzug! Marilyn French and Katharine Graham . . . To hold this book in your hands is to be astonished by how much living can be packed into sixty-plus years. Los Angeles Times [A] sisterly! enveloping memoir . . . an intimate! haunting book that might as well be catnip from its ever controversial author. Janet Maslin! The New York Times Terrific . . . rich . . . unexpectedly quite moving. San Francisco Chronicle Fiercely intelligent! detailed! probing! rigorously revealing. O: The Oprah Magazine Fonda possesses a raw and affecting candor. . . . Her honesty [is] a force. The Philadelphia Inquirer A fearless book . . . fascinating. Chicago Sun-Times Truly compelling. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Riveting. Seattle Post-Intelligencer Informationen zum Autor Jane Fonda Klappentext #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover Jane Fonda, in her own words-and now experience the story of her life in the HBO documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts. "To hold this book in your hands is to be astonished by how much living can be packed into sixty-plus years."-Los Angeles Times America knows Jane Fonda as actress and activist, feminist and wife, workout guru and role model. In this extraordinary memoir, Fonda shows that she is much more. From her youth among Hollywood's elite to her film career and her activism today, Fonda reveals intimate details and personal truths she hopes "can provide a lens through which others can see their lives and how they can live them a little differently." Surprising, candid, and wonderfully written, My Life So Far is filled with insights into the personal struggles of a woman living a remarkable life. "In the process of writing this book I discovered there were clear, broad, even universal themes that ran through my life, a coherent arc to my journey that, if I could be truthful in the telling, might provide a road map for other women as they face the challenges of relationships, self-image, and forgiveness. What I did not anticipate was how my journey would also resonate with men."-From the Introduction Praise for My Life So Far "[A] sisterly, enveloping memoir . . . an intimate, haunting book that might as well be catnip from its ever controversial author."-Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Terrific . . . rich . . . unexpectedly quite moving."-San Francisco Chronicle "Fiercely intelligent, detailed, probing, rigorously revealing."-O: The Oprah Magazine "Fonda possesses a raw and affecting candor. . . . Her honesty [is] a force."-The Philadelphia Inquirer "A fearless book . . . fascinating."-Chicago Sun-Times "Truly compelling."-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Riveting."-Seattle Post-Intelligencer CHAPTER ONE: BUTTERFLY Stay near medo not take thy flight! A little longer stay in sight! Much converse do I find in thee, Historian of my infancy! William Wordsworth, To a Butterfly I sat cross-legged on the floor of the tiny home I'd created out of cardboard boxes. The walls were so high that all I could see if I looked up was the white-painted tongue-and-groove ceiling of the glassed-in porch so common in Connecticut in the 1940s. The porch ran the entire length of the house and smelled of mildew. Light from the windows bounced off the ceiling down to where I sat, so I didn't need a lamp as I worked on the saddle. I was eleven years old. It was an English saddle, my half sister Pan's, from the time before she'd gotten married, sold her horse, and moved to New York Cityfrom the time when we still believed things would work out all right. I held the sadd...

ldquo;Belongs alongside the memoirs of Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, Marilyn French and Katharine Graham . . . To hold this book in your hands is to be astonished by how much living can be packed into sixty-plus years.”**—*Los Angeles Times

*“[A] sisterly, enveloping memoir . . . an intimate, haunting book that might as well be catnip from its ever controversial author.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times 

“Terrific . . . rich . . . unexpectedly quite moving.”—San Francisco Chronicle 

“Fiercely intelligent, detailed, probing, rigorously revealing.”—O: The Oprah Magazine 

“Fonda possesses a raw and affecting candor. . . . Her honesty [is] a force.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer 

“A fearless book . . . fascinating.”—Chicago Sun-Times 

“Truly compelling.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

“Riveting.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Autorentext

Jane Fonda

Klappentext

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover Jane Fonda, in her own words-and now experience the story of her life in the HBO documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts.

"To hold this book in your hands is to be astonished by how much living can be packed into sixty-plus years."-Los Angeles Times

America knows Jane Fonda as actress and activist, feminist and wife, workout guru and role model. In this extraordinary memoir, Fonda shows that she is much more. From her youth among Hollywood's elite to her film career and her activism today, Fonda reveals intimate details and personal truths she hopes "can provide a lens through which others can see their lives and how they can live them a little differently." Surprising, candid, and wonderfully written, My Life So Far is filled with insights into the personal struggles of a woman living a remarkable life.

"In the process of writing this book I discovered there were clear, broad, even universal themes that ran through my life, a coherent arc to my journey that, if I could be truthful in the telling, might provide a road map for other women as they face the challenges of relationships, self-image, and forgiveness. What I did not anticipate was how my journey would also resonate with men."-From the Introduction

Praise for My Life So Far

"[A] sisterly, enveloping memoir . . . an intimate, haunting book that might as well be catnip from its ever controversial author."-Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"Terrific . . . rich . . . unexpectedly quite moving."-San Francisco Chronicle

"Fiercely intelligent, detailed, probing, rigorously revealing."-O: The Oprah Magazine

"Fonda possesses a raw and affecting candor. . . . Her honesty [is] a force."-The Philadelphia Inquirer

"A fearless book . . . fascinating."-Chicago Sun-Times

"Truly compelling."-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Riveting."-Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Zusammenfassung
****#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover Jane Fonda, in her own words—and now experience the story of her life in the HBO documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts.

“To hold this book in your hands is to be astonished by how much living can be packed into sixty-plus years.”—Los Angeles Times**

America knows Jane Fonda as actress and activist, feminist and wife, workout guru and role model. In this extraordinary memoir, Fonda shows that she is much more. From her youth among Hollywood’s elite to her film career and her activism today, Fonda reveals intimate details and personal truths she hopes “can provide a lens through which others can see their lives and how they can live them a little differently.” Surprising, candid, and wonderfully written, My Life So Far is filled with insights into the personal struggles of a woman living a remarkable life.
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