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Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles
Springboard Press
February 2008
On Sale: February 14, 2008
272 pages
ISBN: 0446581127
EAN: 9780446581127
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
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.For the first time, Turner
shares her childhood challenges-a life lived in countries
around the world until her father, a State Department
official whom she so admired, died suddenly when she was a
teenager. She talks about her twenty year marriage, and why
she and her husband recently separated, her close
relationship with her daughter, her commitment to service,
and how activism in controversial causes has bolstered her
beliefs. And Turner reveals the pain and heartbreak of her
struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, and how, in spite of it,
she made a daring decision: to take a break from the movies
and relaunch her stage career.Along the way, Turner
describes what it's like to work with legends like Jack
Nicholson, Michael Douglas, William Hurt, Steve Martin,
Francis Ford Coppola, John Huston, John Waters, Edward
Albee...and, with characteristic irreverent humor, shares
her behind-the-screen stories of dealing with all types of
creative, intimidating, and inspiring characters.Kathleen
Turner has always known that she would play the lead in the
story of her life. It's impossible not to take her lessons
on living, love, and leading roles to heart. And it won't be
long until you'll be sending yourself roses!
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