{"product_id":"my-lucky-stars-a-hollywood-memoir-9780553572339","title":"My Lucky Stars: A Hollywood Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eIn this touching memoir, Academy Award-winning actress Shirley MacLaine \"dishes up revelations and insights galore\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e) about her career in Hollywood.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Robust, ribald stories . . . juicy.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the memoir that made headlines, Shirley MacLaine dazzles us with the subject she knows most intimately: Hollywood, especially about the men and women--her \"lucky stars\"--who touched and challenged her life. She talks candidly and personally about . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer wildly unconventional marriage to Steve Parker \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"As soon as [we met], I knew my life was to take a new course. . . . Our connection had the shock of destiny to it. ., . There was nothing I could have done to alter or avoid the experience we were intended to have together.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer friendship with the Rat Pack--especially Frank Sinatra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I was comfortable and friendly being around the guys in the group because I was perceived by most of them as a mascot. I was the only woman they allowed in the house, but that was because there had been a kind of communal decision made that I wasn't really a girl--I was a pal, maybe even one of the boys.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe movie she made with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Dean, not Jerry, was the funny one to me. His humor was subtle, spontaneous--a result of the moment. Jerry's was brilliant, but usually premeditated.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd much, much more . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bantam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553572339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.89h x 4.19w x 1.14d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/14\/1996\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shirley MacLaine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239138914485,"sku":"9780553572339","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0bc7cddf-d2d1-41b7-b303-fd0a6cdfd2f7.jpg?v=1770916917","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-lucky-stars-a-hollywood-memoir-9780553572339","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}