A Fine Romance, Candice Bergen
A Fine Romance, Candice Bergen
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A Fine Romance

Bestseller

Author: Candice Bergen

Narrator: Candice Bergen

Unabridged: 14 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/07/2015


Synopsis

In this New York Times bestseller, acclaimed actress Candice Bergen “shows how to do a memoir right...The self-possessed, witty, and down-to-earth voice that made Bergen’s first memoir a hit when it was published in 1984 has only been deepened by life’s surprises” (The New York Times Book Review).

“Candice Bergen is unflinchingly honest” (The Washington Post), and in A Fine Romance she describes her first marriage at age thirty-four to famous French director Louis Malle; her overpowering love for her daughter, Chloe; the unleashing of her inner comic with Murphy Brown; her trauma over Malle’s death; her joy at finding new love; and her pride at watching Chloe blossom.

In her decidedly nontraditional marriage to the insatiably curious Louis, Bergen takes readers on world travels to the sets where each made films. Pregnant with Chloe at age thirty-nine, this mature primigravida also recounts a journey through motherhood that includes plundering the Warner Bros. costume closets for Halloween getups and never leaving her ever-expanding menagerie out of the fun. She offers priceless, behind-the-scenes looks at Murphy Brown, from caterwauling with Aretha Franklin to the surreal experience of becoming headline news when Dan Quayle took exception to her character becoming a single mother. Bergen tackles familiar rites of passage with moving honesty: the rigors of caring for a spouse in his final illness, getting older, and falling in love again after she was tricked into a blind date.

By the time the last page is turned, “we’re all likely to be wishing Bergen herself—funny, insightful, self-deprecating, flawed (and not especially concerned about that), and slugging her way through her older years with bemused determination—was living next door” (USA TODAY).

About Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen’s film credits include The Sand Pebbles, Carnal Knowledge, Starting Over (for which she received an Oscar nomination), and Miss Congeniality. On television, she made headlines as the tough-talking broadcast journalist and star of Murphy Brown, for which she won five Emmys and two Golden Globes. She later starred with James Spader and William Shatner in the critically acclaimed series Boston Legal.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Diana on April 28, 2015

A very odd book, that needed massive editing. The first part of this autobiography was excellent, a full 4 Star novel. This section was honest & funny. The second part of the book was disjointed & vague to the point of being uncomfortable to read. The final 10% of the book was just a hot mess.......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on April 27, 2015

This should have been titled "Love Letter to Chloe." Much too much about her daughter; how amazing she is, how smart and beautiful, how much she adores her, and on and on. And loads of namedropping. I loved "Knock Wood" but I thought this was just not as good. She is very honest about her own faults......more