41. My name is Barbra
by Barbra Streisand
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A Sunday Times Bestseller. The exhilarating and startlingly honest autobiography of the living legend. 'Exhilarating . leaves blood on the page . My Name Is Barbra is 992 pages of startling honesty and self-reflection, deadpan parenthetical asides (including a running bit about how much she loves going to the dentist), encyclopedic recall of onstage outfits, and rigorous analyses of her films' Vanity Fair 'I have been patiently waiting for Barbra Streisand's autobiography for 54 years..My Name is Barbra is a Streisand obsessive's dream come true. It addresses all the rumours and misrepresentations of her long and extraordinary life, from nearly missing out on A Star is Born to dating Pierre Trudeau, Omar Sharif and Marlon Brando. The wait has been worth every word!' - Richard E Grant, Sunday Times 'The mother of all memoirs' New Yorker 'Glorious, exuberant, chatty and candid, a 970-page victory lap past all who ever doubted, diminished or dissed her, with lingering high fives for the many supporters . . . generous dollops of chutzpah . Nobody puts Barbra in the corner' New York Times 'Mystical, messy, bawdy and funny . My Name is Barbra confides her insecurities and a ravening hunger for fame.silent but eloquent and vociferous writing' Peter Conrad, The Observer 'An extraordinary life - you couldn't make it up' The Guardian 'This enormous, poignant memoir from the ultimate showbusiness trouper shows that you can never have it all (even if you're Barbra). The writing is great and the likeable formidable personality shines through . . . deeper than the average celebrity memoir' The Times 'The book is crammed with delicious details of backstage arguments, bewildered suitors and at least one incident of falling off a London bus' BBC 'A glorious doorstopper. the sheer ambition of this intricately woven memoir makes it a fascinating read. The delicate pages bring to mind a Russian novel or, perhaps more appropriately for the many who view Streisand as akin to a deity, a bible. And yet, Streisand writes relatively succinctly, with warmth and wit. Behind the sequins, beneath the wigs and through the glass of the recording studio, there's just a woman who dreamed of being famous and make it happen, on her terms. It's an accomplished and entrancing walk through a life well lived' Evening Standard 'Streisand is no less than a living legend, one of a handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and now, she's taking us all back to where it began. Streisand'
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