Home: A Memoir of My Early Years - Softcover

Andrews, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786884754 ISBN 13: 9780786884759

Publisher: Hachette Books, 2009

Synopsis

"A frank, intriguing memoir."
--People "Painfully shrewd, and written with real delicacy and pathos."
--The New York Times Book Review "Home reflects the very qualities that first made the working-class English singer a star 45 years ago: intelligence, gentle humor, and a clear, sweet, surprisingly powerful voice . . . In warmly nostalgic later chapters, the book begins to glow."
--Entertainment Weekly "A delightful remembrance of her own childhood, and an engrossing prelude to her cinematic career . . . Andrews is an accomplished writer who holds back nothing while adding a patina of poetry to the antics and anecdotes throughout this memoir of bittersweet backstage encounters and theatrical triumphs."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Frank and fascinating . . . Andrews comes across as plainspoken, guilelessly charming and resoundingly tough."
--Time In Home: A Memoir of My Early Years, Julie Andrews takes her readers on a warm, moving, and often humorous journey from a difficult upbringing in war-torn Britain to the brink of international stardom in America.

About this title

Review:

Told with candour and poignancy (CANDIS)

revealing (MAIL ON SUNDAY)

a modest but candid and frequently amusing self-portrait of the star before fans got to know her (DAILY MAIL)

Candid and perceptive, providing a vivid portrait of her formative years, this memoir will delight her legions of admirers (GOOD BOOK GUIDE)

Book Description:

The heroine of MARY POPPINS and THE SOUND OF MUSIC tells her life story from the music halls of London to Broadway stardom.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0786884754
• ISBN 13: 9780786884759
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320