Synopsis
This is perhaps the definitive biography of Barbra Streisand, written by a best-selling author of celebrity biographies. Anne Edwards interviewed over 140 of Streisand's friends, family, and acquaintances to create a vivid profile of this Brooklyn-born singer, actress, director and all-around show business phenomenon. The biography examines Ms. Streisand's career choices and difficulties, as well as her personal traumas and joys.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-07-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 600 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 24.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
Based on interviews with more than 140 of her friends, family members, lovers, associates, and enemies, this biography takes readers from Streisand's Brooklyn beginnings to the controversies surrounding her latest movie, "The Mirror Has Two Faces". of photos.
For the first time, New York Times bestselling biographer Anne Edwards tells the story-behind-the-story of the legendary Barbra Streisand, revealing the inner demons that have driven her career -- and shaped her tumultuous personal life. Based on interviews with more than 140 of Streisand's friends, family, lovers, associates, and enemies -- many of whom go on the record for the first time -- Streisand takes you on a revelatory journey, from her Brooklyn beginnings to the controversies surrounding her latest movie, The Mirror Has Two Faces. Through it all, we come to know the real Barbra Streisand as we've never known her before.
Industry Reviews
"Even the gauze-swathed mirror that Ms. Edwards so obligingly holds up to her subject cannot obscure an image that is, in the end, a little terrifying."
New York Times Book Review - Daniel Mendelsohn (04/27/1997)
"This, at last, is the definitive Barbra book. Anne Edwards' exhaustive research, personal firsthand knowledge, and riveting style all combine in a biographical saga so awesome it ought to be a movie."
Publisher's Catalog - Rex Reed
"...this is clearly the best account of Barbra Steisand in all her contradictory, difficult glory."
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