By Myself And Then Some

Description

Lauren Bacall is the epitome of style, grace and wit - a timeless icon.

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 description

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.