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An Uncommon Memoir of Womanhood, Work, and Family
Perigee
May 2014
On Sale: April 29, 2014
336 pages
ISBN: 0399168508
EAN: 9780399168505
Kindle: B00FPWHQ14
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Memoir
In a wise, warmhearted memoir that celebrates her
extraordinary life and stellar career, Swoosie Kurtz shares
just the right combination of personal misadventure and
showbiz lore, candidly reflecting on the right choices that
empowered her, the wrong choices that enlightened her, and
the intimate journey of caring for an aging parent. Animating this remarkable memoir is Swoosie’s relationship
with her equally remarkable parents. Her father, Frank, was
an Olympic athlete and highly decorated World War II airman.
He flew a record number of missions in a cobbled-together
B-17D called the Swoose. Her mother, Margo, was the
quintessential military wife but with the spunk and will to
match her husband’s. Her 1945 memoir, My Rival, the Sky,
chronicled their lives up to the time of the birth of their
daughter. Today, Margo, who is fast approaching her hundredth
birthday, lives with Swoosie. And Swoosie’s life has become
a precarious and precious balancing act as she struggles to
stay ahead of her mother’s increasing needs while navigating
a showbiz career that keeps one foot in Hollywood and the
other on Broadway.
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