{"product_id":"a-fine-romance-9781476746098","title":"A Fine Romance","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review)\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Candice Bergen is unflinchingly honest\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), and in \u003ci\u003eA Fine Romance\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMurphy Brown\u003c\/i\u003e; her trauma over Malle's death; her joy at finding new love; and her pride at watching Chloe blossom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eMurphy Brown\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 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\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476746098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Candice Bergen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095621669045,"sku":"9781476746098","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_32a62424-9101-42c6-92b7-5bd49f2d4792.jpg?v=1651588326","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-fine-romance-9781476746098","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}