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A Fine Romance
Author:
Bergen, Candice
Biographee:
Bergen, Candice
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Class:
Biography
Age: Adult
Language: English
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LC: PN2287.B
Print Run: 200000
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ISBN-13: 9780684808277
LCCN: 2014029293
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
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Pub Date: 04/07/2015
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
List: $28.00
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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x, 350 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
H 9",
W 6",
D 1.2",
1.33 lbs.
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Brodart's Insight Catalog: Adult
Brodart's TOP Adult Titles
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Library Journal Bestsellers
Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
New York Times Bestsellers List
New York Times Bestsellers: Adult Nonfiction
Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction, 16th ed.
Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction, 17th ed.
Publishers Weekly Bestsellers
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TIPS Subjects:
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Cinema/Film
Women's Studies
Biography, Individual
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
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LC Subjects:
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Actors, United States, Biography
Actresses, United States, Biography
Bergen, Candice,, 1946-
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Actresses, United States, Biography
Bergen, Candice,, 1946-
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Adult Titles | 01/01/2015 |
| Her first husband's battle with cancer and her daughter's journey into the real world bring new challenges Candice Bergen's way as she recounts her journey toward new love and reveals how she and her daughter, Chloe, coped with Bergen's first husband's death in this follow-up memoir to 'Knock Wood.' 368pp., 200K, Auth res: New York, NY |
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| Journal Reviews |
| BookPage | 04/01/2015 |
| Open Candice Bergen's A Fine Romance and be prepared to settle in for an evening filled with a few drinks, casual grazing, laughter, tears and rollicking tales from one of America's finest actresses. In this follow-up to Knock Wood, Bergen reveals the glorious days of her long and passionate love for French filmmaker Louis Malle, their frenetic and full marriage, the birth of their daughter, Chloe, and the success of her Emmy-winning sitcom, "Murphy Brown." Bergen married Malle in 1980 after a four-year courtship that had an inauspicious beginning but grew tentatively and then blossomed into a colorful marriage. Bergen calls Malle an "incredibly courtly and charming dynamo ... always leaning into whatever he was heading for; he was never idle." Ambivalent about having children, Bergen pondered the ways that becoming a mother might add a new dimension to her life. When Chloe--a "potent and tiny spirit who had clearly been fighting to get here"--was born, Bergen declared that her child would be her first priority "by miles." Three years later, the script for a sitcom about a cantankerous TV newswoman landed on her desk. Despite what she calls a "horrible" audition, she won the part, bringing a natural sense of comic timing to her role in "Murphy Brown," a show that had a celebrated 10-year run. Fifteen years after their wedding, Malle succumbed to cancer. A light in Bergen's life was extinguished, though she and Chloe grew closer. Three years after Malle's death, she met and eventually married real estate developer Marshall Rose. The union has brought her much joy, though Bergen candidly chronicles her struggles with the differences between her two husbands. Bergen's rapier wit, warm personality and unflinching honesty make these stories of life and love all the more appealing. Henry L. Carrigan Jr. 368. BOOKPAGE, c2015. |
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| Booklist | 02/15/2015 |
| She has been Dan Quayle's nemesis on TV's Murphy Brown and the irascible Shirley Schmidt on Boston Legal. She has been the so-called sister of ventriloquist's dummy Charlie McCarthy and was married to the iconic director Louis Malle. Yet in her second memoir (following Knock Wood, 1984), Bergen emerges as Everywoman, equally comfortable in ratty sweats or vintage Versace, playing Scrabble or attending the Oscars. Placing the late-in-life birth of her daughter, Chloe, at the epicenter of the past 30-plus years, Bergen revisits times that brought her unimaginable success onscreen and unspeakable heartache off. She comes across in ways one would imagine, sparkling and sophisticated, but also in ways one would not. She is as bawdy as she is beautiful, as gutsy as she is fragile, as savvy as she is sensitive. Bergen expresses her fierce adoration of Chloe, her sheer delight in her second marriage to financier Marshall Rose, and her brazen acceptance of the indignities of aging in an industry that prizes youth. A disarming and refreshing read. Haggas, Carol. 368p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2015. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 01/01/2015 |
| Award-winning actress Bergen continues the story begun in the best-selling memoir, Knock Wood (1984). This second installment of the author's autobiography focuses on the three great loves of her life: her two husbands and her daughter. When she met her first husband, French director Louis Malle (1932-1995), "[s]parks decidedly did not fly." Less than a year after their first awkward introduction, however, the two were married. The showbiz woman who "dealt strictly in commerce" was soon immersed in a world of elegance and high art alongside a dynamic man she affectionately calls a "cultural commando." During the early years of her marriage, Bergen struggled with ambivalence over whether or not to have a family. At age 39, she gave birth to a daughter, Chloe, who would in time become even closer to Bergen than the globe-trotting Malle. Her stalled acting career took off shortly afterward when she was chosen to play the lead in the iconic TV series Murphy Brown. By the early 1990s, the show would inspire a "family values" controversy for its fearless portrayal of a hard-driving career woman who becomes an unwed mother. Bergen admits that the success strained relations with her husband. At the same time, it also helped her to carve out her professional identity as a comedian while giving her the "weight" and "self-definition" she needed to define the boundaries of home and family. Her golden life ground to a temporary halt when Malle was diagnosed with a rare and fatal brain disease. Within three years of his death, however, Bergen met her next husband, billionaire New York real estate developer Marshall Rose. More settled than the peripatetic Malle, Rose not only offered the actress entree among the New York City social elite, he also brought her the next great challenge of her life: learning how to appreciate a life genuinely lived in tandem.A glamorously bittersweet showbiz memoir. 368pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2015. |
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| Library Journal | 02/01/2015 |
| Humor and honesty strike a fine balance in this absorbing follow-up memoir by actress/writer Bergen (Knock Wood). The book is more an investigation of human experience--marriage, motherhood, family, friendship, work, aging, and death--than a celebrity behind-the-scenes memoir. Bergen shares details of her marriage to brilliant film director Louis Malle, from their first meeting through his untimely death, and winningly describes becoming a mother at a later age than some. There are cherished everyday moments and major events here, from trick-or-treating adventures to facing Malle's final illness. She provides multidimensional and idiosyncratic portraits of Malle, their daughter Chloe and, much later, of her second husband, Marshall Rose. Of course, there are details about her work in film, on stage, and in the hit television series Murphy Brown, a show that earned Bergen five Emmys and drew much-publicized comments by Dan Quayle during the presidential campaign of 1992. Yet, this account is not focused on fame. It is Bergen's perceptive, wry, and often surprising take on life that will strike a resonant chord with readers on a down-to-earth, human level. VERDICT Witty and poignant and touching upon the many phases and challenges of daily existence, this book will appeal to a wide audience, especially those who are familiar with Bergen's work. For circulating libraries and entertainment collections. [See Prepub Alert, 10/20/14.]. Carol J. Binkowski, Bloomfield, NJ. 368p. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2015. |
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| Library Journal Prepub Alert | 10/20/2014 |
| Published in 1984, Knock Wood relates Bergen's coming of age as a woman and an actor. Here, along with an account of her success on Murphy Brown, she discusses her marriage to esteemed French director Louis Malle, the birth of daughter Chloe, and the awful pain of both mother and daughter when Malle died of cancer in 1995. Barbara Hoffert. 352p. LJ Prepub Alert Online Review. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2014. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 02/16/2015 |
| With her trademark wit, Bergen (Knock Wood) leads readers through the highs and lows of her professional and personal life in this entertaining and poignant memoir chock-full of Hollywood cameos. After a disastrous first date unexpectedly leads to love, Bergen marries French director Louis Malle in 1980 and the pair travel the world as their respective films take them from India to France. Always ambivalent about motherhood, Bergen decides to have a child at the relatively late age of 39. Their daughter, Chloe, is born in 1985--an event that changes the dynamic of Bergen's relationship with Malle, as he's unable to be wholly present for Chloe's upbringing due to filming commitments. The desire for a steady schedule is one perk that draws Bergen to the groundbreaking CBS comedy series Murphy Brown. Her descriptions of the rewards and challenges that came with playing the titular tough-talking "Mike Wallace in a skirt," her first foray into both TV and real comedy, are among the book's strongest sections. Dealt a crushing blow when Malle was diagnosed with a rare and fatal neurological disease and died in 1995, Bergen recounts finding her footing again both in her career--she spent several seasons on the series Boston Legal--and in her love life, marrying New York real estate developer Marshall Rose in 2000. Never afraid to poke fun at herself or celebrity culture, Bergen is as fresh, funny, and biting as Murphy Brown was nearly 30 years ago. (Apr.). 368p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2015. |
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| New York Times Book Review | 05/31/2015 |
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