Dear Cary - Hardcover

Dyan Cannon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184954171X ISBN 13: 9781849541718

Publisher: Biteback, 2011

Synopsis

Dyan Cannon wasn't looking for romance when she sat own for lunch with Cary Grant in the studio canteen; she was a young actress on the outskirts of Hollywood just hoping for her big break. What she found was a star-crossed soul mate - a man who fell instantly in love with her, pursued her relentlessly and eventually persuaded her to love him back equally. Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon were a glamorous and popular celebrity couple, the epicentre of chic and swinging 1960s Hollywood. For a few brief years their romance flourished; they married and had a daughter. Their romance played out like one of Grant's movies - bold, witty, full of dramatic gestures, and equally tender moments. When the love died, however, it ended in the same way it had started: dramatically, on courthouse steps and on the front page of every newspaper in the world. Sweet, sad, candid and honest, Dear Cary reveals a side of Cary Grant the world has never before seen. It has taken Dyan Cannon two decades to reconcile herself to the death of Cary Grant and to come to terms with their stormy, difficult love. Dear Cary is the end result of that acceptance; her final love letter to her one true love, Cary Grant.

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Review:

"Cannon writes of her time with one of Hollywood's most glamorous and charming men and of her own life, pre- and post-Grant...with refreshing humor.. For those who enjoy memoirs of gutsy survivors."--Library Journal

"A revealing look at Cannon's relationship with her first husband, who happened to be a Hollywood legend.--USA Today

"Candid."--Los Angeles Times

"Dyan Cannon has written a complex and captivating memoir...an unqualified success."--New York Journal of Books

Dyan Cannon has written a complex and captivating memoir an unqualified success. --New York Journal of Books"

A revealing look at Cannon s relationship with her first husband, who happened to be a Hollywood legend.--USA Today"

Cannon writes of her time with one of Hollywood s most glamorous and charming men and of her own life, pre- and post-Grant...with refreshing humor.. For those who enjoy memoirs of gutsy survivors. --Library Journal"

Candid. --Los Angeles Times"

[Cannon s] candid memoir chronicles the near fairy tale May-December romance between the ing?nue and the legendary star. --Los Angeles Times"

"[Cannon's] candid memoir chronicles the near fairy tale May-December romance between the ingenue and the legendary star."--Los Angeles Times

From the Back Cover:

Cary Grant was the ultimate star, defining Hollywood glamour as well as cinematic achievement. Dyan Cannon was a bright new actress, beautiful and funny. So began a storybook romance that brought her to dizzying heights and the inner circles of power in which Cary Grant was king.

Behind closed doors, she discovered a Cary no one knew. A caring and private person, with dark family secrets that weighed heavily upon him. He was a man contending with the swan song of an astonishing film career while her career was just beginning. Despite the age difference, they fell in love, got married, and had a beautiful daughter together. Happily Ever After, though, proved elusive, and their relationship was beset with tragic twists and turns.

With rare photos and never-before-seen letters from Grant, Dear Cary is told with poignancy and hard-won wisdom.

About this edition

• Publisher: Biteback
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 184954171X
• ISBN 13: 9781849541718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352