Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (562 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001732AHA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 388 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Get the Audio to Hear Her and the Hardback to See Her" according to CH. This book is so good you may want two copies - the audio to hear Julie Andrews tell her own captivating story in her own lyrical voice and the hardback to see the photos. After listening to a library audio copy, I bought the hardback for myself and the audio for my brother, who is a huge fan of My Fair Lady. The stories about Rex Harrison are hilarious. No one's life is ever what you think. So it was amazing to learn of her childhood years in vaudeville that made this teenage English girl the overnight sensation on Broadway and in the movies in America. She speaks candidly but with grace about the di. A Masterpiece as Exemplary as "The Sound of Music" Itself, While Revealing a Surprising Childhood Teresa A. Dudley My impression has always been that Julie Andrews probably grew up in a rather high class situation. Nothing could be further from the truth. The hardships she grew up with as a child, and the difficult and rewarding relationships with family, are related vividly in this book. The book is engaging -- the writing is packed with great imagery of settings and stories.I loved learning how her early years, performing in vaudeville with her parents and others, helped her become a successful actress and singer. She relates unusual and funny occurrences with delightful descriptions. Her early vocal training i. Dame Julie Andrews is an amazing person. This book is a glimpse at a Dame Julie Andrews is an amazing person. This book is a glimpse at a fascinating life, albeit one that was not always easy. Raised by an alcoholic show-biz stepfather and her top-notch pianist mother, Julie Andrews became a star in London's theater district by the age of 10. I found her book really interesting. She can drop names with the best of 'em -- George VI, Queen Elizabeth, some of the best pianists and voice teachers in London, not to mention Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Lehrner and Lowe, Rogers and Hammerstein, etc. But she's not really not name-dropping. These are the people she knows -- t
From her childhood in rural England and initial forays into British theater, to her first massive successes on Broadway and in the West End--notably as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady--Home puts her celebrated career in context. It also offers a revealing look into the intricate, exhaustive craft of performing--skills often taken for granted in tabloid times. --Kim Hughes. Since the book ends just as Andrews is about to launch into the celluloid stratosphere, can Volume II be far behind? After Home, it would be most welcome. While arguably offering more detail about the Andrews family than necessary, it nevertheless dishes wonderful anecdotes about legends and Andrews contemporaries like Noël Coward, Rex Harrison, Robert Goulet, Richard
When only eighteen, she left home for the United States to make her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend, and thus began her meteoric rise to stardom.Home is filled with numerous anecdotes, including stories of performing in My Fair Lady with 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.Julie Andrews' career has flourished over seven decades. Julie's professional career began at the age of twelve, and in 1948 she became the youngest solo performer ever to pa