Always Wear Joy: My Mother Bold and BeautifulHarper Collins, 2004 M05 4 - 304 páginas From an inside peek at the inner workings of Hollywood to the backstage drama of Broadway, from a poignant look at the black upper class to an honest look at the WASP elite, this elegantly wrought memoir of an extraordinary family has something for everyone. Growing up with a black Auntie Mame-like mother (who performed with the likes of Lena Horne) and an Anglo sea-faring father, Susan Fales-Hill moved seamlessly between many worlds. But it was from her mother -- a woman who was dressed by Givenchy and sculpted by Alexander Calder, yet rejected by many a casting agent for her "dark," unconventional looks -- that Susan drew inspiration, particularly when she faced challenges in her own career as a television writer in Hollywood, a town that wasn't always receptive to positive images of people of color. As a result the two developed a bond that mothers and daughters everywhere will find inspiring. Both a universally touching mother-daughter story and a portrait of a dazzling American family, Always Wear Joy is a memoir readers won't soon forget. |
Contenido
27 | |
This Sweet Citadel | 45 |
Our Cherry Orchard | 69 |
I | 94 |
At Long Last Obsession | 113 |
8 | 125 |
II | 214 |
12 | 221 |
Now Look Here Jesus | 233 |
Dont Like Goodbyes | 247 |
Redemption Songs | 257 |
Notes | 269 |
Acknowledgments | 277 |