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Send Yourself Roses

Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles

Full Description

From her film debut as the sultry schemer in Body Heat to her award-winning role as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, actress Kathleen Turner's unique blend of beauty, intelligence, and raw sexuality has driven her personal and professional life. Now, in this gutsy memoir, the screen icon tells us of the risks she's taken and the lessons she's learned-sometimes the hard way. ... more

About Author

Kathleen Turner is an award-winning actress who has starred in over twenty-five films including Prizzi's Honor, Romancing the Stone, and The War of the Roses, along with twelve Broadway shows including The Graduate and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. She is active in Planned Parenthood, People For the American Way, and City Meals on Wheels. She lives in New York City. ... more

Critical Praise

"Kathleen has always told it like it is. She has good insight and a great sense of humor, and Send Yourself Roses is an enjoyable read."
—Michael Douglas

"Open "Send Yourself Roses," and Kathleen Turner will leap out of its pages and into your life as your new best friend. Because she is as honest as she is adventurous — and because she's talking to her own great friend, writer Gloria Feldt — her story is full of an intimate energy so infectious that it becomes universal. Go ahead: Give yourself this rose of a book."
—Gloria Steinem

"Revealing, brutally funny, and loaded with regal wit and charm."
—John Waters

"Through all of her roles—personal, professional, and in service to others, Kathleen Turner stays true to herself, and I admire that."
—Jane Fonda

"Her autobiography "Send Yourself Roses" is a winner. Kathy turns loose on a few of her former co-stars."
—Farnham.blogspot.com

Springboard Press
Category:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Format:
HARDCOVER BOOK
Publish Date:
2/14/2008
Price:
$24.99
ISBN:
9780446581127
Pages:
272
Size:
6" x 9"

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