She is a one-name legend, a global icon, the ultimate diva.
Yet most of what we know about Barbra Joan Streisand is the
stuff of caricature: the Brooklyn girl made good, the ugly
duckling who blossomed into a modern-day Nefertiti, the
political dilettante driving to the barricades in her
Rolls-Royce, the Oscar-winning actress and bona fide movie
mogul, the greatest female singer who ever lived, a
skinflint, a philanthropist, a connoisseur and a barbarian,
the woman whose physical characteristics are instantly
identifiable around the planet -- the tapered nails, those
slightly crossed eyes, that nose, the voice.
Even to the multitudes around the world who idolize her,
Streisand remains aloof, unknowable, tantalizingly beyond
reach. Until now. In the manner of his #l New York
Times bestsellers The Day Diana Died and The
Day John Died as well as Jack and Jackie, Jackie
After Jack, An Affair to Remember, and Sweet
Caroline, Christopher Andersen taps into important
sources -- eyewitnesses to Streisand's remarkable life and
career -- to paint a startling portrait of the artist . . .
and the woman. Among the revelations:
Surprising new details about her wedding and marriage
to James Brolin.
New information about her
many failed love affairs, including her
never-before-revealed relationships with Prince Charles and
Princess Diana's doomed lover Dodi Fayed -- as well as
Warren Beatty, Ryan O'Neal, former Canadian prime minister
Pierre Trudeau, Steve McQueen, Richard Gere, Kris
Kristofferson, Don Johnson, Jon Voight, Andre Agassi,
newsman Peter Jennings, and more . . .
A
provocative inside account of what really went on between
Streisand and Bill Clinton in the White House, what their
relationship is like today, and how Hillary feels about
Barbra.
From Funny Girl and The
Way We Were to Yentl and The Prince of
Tides -- and in the recording sessions that produced
some of the biggest hits in music history -- new
behind-the-scenes details of the brilliance, the obsessive
drive for perfection, and the Callas-sized ego.
New insights into Barbra's relationship with her only
child, Jason.
Whether you love her, hate
her, or are simply spellbound by her titanic talent, Barbra
is one thing above all others: a true American original.
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