{"product_id":"home-a-memoir-of-my-early-years-9780786865659","title":"Home: A Memoir of My Early Years","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beloved Julie Andrews has captured our hearts on screen for decades, but she has never told the story of her life before fame--until now.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e In Home: A Memoir of My Early Years\u003c\/i\u003e, Julie 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. Her memoir begins in 1935, when Julie was born to an aspiring vaudevillian mother and a teacher father, and takes readers to 1962, when Walt Disney himself saw her on Broadway and cast her as the world's most famous nanny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Along the way, she weathered the London Blitz of World War II; her parents' painful divorce; her mother's turbulent second marriage to Canadian tenor Ted Andrews, and a childhood spent on radio, in music halls, and giving concert performances all over England. Julie's professional career began at the age of twelve, and in 1948 she became the youngest solo performer ever to participate in a Royal Command Performance before the Queen. When only eighteen, she left home for the United States to make her Broadway debut in \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, and thus began her meteoric rise to stardom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Home is filled with numerous anecdotes, including stories of performing in \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady \u003c\/i\u003ewith Rex Harrison on Broadway and in the West End, and in Camelot with Richard Burton on Broadway; her first marriage to famed set and costume designer Tony Walton, culminating with the birth of their daughter, Emma; and the call from Hollywood and what lay beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring over fifty personal photos--many never before seen--this is the personal memoir Julie Andrews' audiences have been waiting for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hyperion - Acquired Assets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786865659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2008 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/14\/2008 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2008 pg. 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2008 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/28\/2008 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/2008 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/07\/2008 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2008 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/21\/2008 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2009 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Julie Andrews","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403375898805,"sku":"9780786865659","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9314584e-4179-4d1e-a7d9-1793d89ac29a.jpg?v=1774968980","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/home-a-memoir-of-my-early-years-9780786865659","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}