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ISBN: 9780062663696

Content: " A fiercely intelligent, hilarious, and deeply feminist collection of interrelated personal stories from Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award– winning actress and director Christine Lahti. For decades, actress and director Christine Lahti has captivated the hearts and minds of her audience through iconic roles in Chicago Hope, Running on Empty, Housekeeping, And Justice for All, Swing Shift, Law &,Order: Special Victims Unit, God of Carnage, and The Blacklist. Now, in True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness, this acclaimed performer channels her creativity inward to share her own story for the first time on the page. In this poignant essay collection, Lahti focuses on three major periods of her life: her childhood, her early journey as an actress and activist, and the realities of her life as a middle-aged woman in Hollywood today. Lahti's comical and self-deprecating voice shines through in stories such as Kidnapped and Shit Happens, and she takes a boldly honest look at the painful fissures in her family in pieces such as Mama Mia and Running on Empty. Taken together, the collection illuminates watershed moments in Lahti's life, revealing her struggle to maintain integrity, fight her need for perfection, and remain true to her feminist inclinations. Lahti's wisdom and candid insights are reminiscent of Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck and Joan Rivers's I Hate Everyone and yet her experiences are not exclusive to one generation. The soul of her writing can be seen as a spiritual mother to feminist actresses and comedic voices whose works are inspiring today's young women, including Amy Schumer, Lena Dunham, Amy Poehler, Caitlin Moran, and Jenny Lawson. Her stories reveal a stumbling journey toward agency and empowerment as a woman a journey that's still very much a work in progress. True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness is about the power of storytelling to affirm and reframe the bedrock of who we are, revealing that we're all unreliable eyewitnesses when it comes to our deeply personal memories. Told in a wildly fresh, unique voice, and with the unshakable ability to laugh at herself time and again, this is Christine Lahti's best performance yet. "

Content: Biographisches: "Christine Lahti is an acclaimed director and stage, television, and film actress with a career that spans over forty years. She won an Oscar for her short film, Lieberman in Love ,an Oscar nomination for Swing Shift ,a Golden Globe Award for No Place Like Home ,an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Chicago Hope ,and an Obie Award for Little Murders . On Broadway, she starred in God of Carnage and The Heidi Chronicles , among many others. Her films include Running on Empty and Housekeeping . Her television shows include Jack and Bobby , Law &,Order SVU , and The Blacklist . She lives in New York City and Los Angeles." Rezension(2): "Alan Zweibel, original SNL writer and Thurber Prize winning author of The Other Shulman:This collection captures, in writing, the same array of emotions that Christine brings to the stage and screen with her acting. Funny with heart. Tears with a hint of hope. A fantastic mosaic that, when cobbled together, offers a stirring range of humanity." Rezension(3): "Kathy Najimy, actress and comedienne:Christine Lahti's autobiographical essays are a beautiful, painful, funny, fiercely honest walk through the streets of her life. Gorgeous landscape, dangerous potholes and all. The whole unedited she-bang. It's Oz with the curtain pulled back. At once soul-baring, hilarious, moving and smart. I'm a fan." Rezension(4): "Kirkus Reviews:Lahti launches into the literary world with the same dynamism that has enlivened her acting roles. With brazen honesty, she recounts the many surprising, heartbreaking, and identity-building events that have punctuated her life. True Stories of an Unreliable Eyewitness oozes modesty, humor, and complete levelheadedness." Rezension(5): "Amber Tamblyn, author, actress, and director " Rezension(6): "Michael Moore, Academy Award winning filmmaker and bestselling author:Engrossing, hilarious, tragic—" Rezension(7): "Publishers Weekly:An intimate, conversational collection. Lahti writes with ease and authenticity... her timely chronicle of aging wisely, gracefully, and with self-respect will resonate with many readers" Rezension(8): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: December 1, 2017 In a series of essays like Mama Mia and Running on Empty, Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award-winning actress and director Lahti unfolds her life story, moving from a fractious-family childhood to early career experiences to a middle-aged woman's struggles in Hollywood today. With a 75,000-copy first printing. Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(9): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: January 29, 2018 Actress and director Lahti ( Swing Shift , Law &,Order , etc.) presents an intimate, conversational collection of essays describing her childhood in an affluent Michigan suburb, her development as an actress, and her experiences as a mother of three married for 34 years. One of six children born to a surgeon father and housewife mother, Lahti describes herself as outgoing, bossy, and a bit of a drama queen. Determined to succeed as an actress, she moved to Manhattan after college and doggedly pursued her dream, starting out miming in Central Park, shooting commercials, and eventually landing a series of enviable film and TV roles despite her early encounters with naysayers who insisted she would never make it without compromising her values (that is, sleeping with directors). A self-described feminist, Lahti fights back against chauvinists and limiting beliefs, and does not hesitate to use the F word when crossed. Lahti writes with ease and authenticity about motherhood, coparenting, and acting, humorously describing the perils of sex scenes (she imagines gazing into the eyes of a beloved pet instead of an undesirable co-star). Her essays cover a range of topics—from such somber subjects as her strained relationship with her father and her sister’s suicide to the joys and challenges of raising kids. Lahti’s timely chronicle of aging wisely, gracefully, and with self-respect will resonate with many readers. " Rezension(10): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: February 1, 2018 A quirky book of personal essays by a successful Hollywood professional.Many recognize Lahti as the acclaimed actress who has received Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe awards for her outstanding performances in countless moving female roles. In her first book, the author launches into the literary world with the same dynamism that has enlivened her acting roles. Many of these stories are told through the lens of my ever-evolving feminism, she writes, the lens through which I see just about everythingI've been a clumsy feminist, finding solid footing only to be knocked down again. And I keep finding new veils to be lifted. With brazen honesty, Lahti recounts the many surprising, heartbreaking, and identity-building events that have punctuated her life. From her earliest childhood memories to her 1960s rebel heart to the launch of her career to more intimate admissions about her acting and mothering techniques, the author crafts an enjoyable book that only requires from readers a willingness to believe, participate, laugh, and grow along with her. Though she identifies herself as a clumsy feminist multiple times, there's nothing clumsy about her feminism. She is adaptable to the changing sociopolitical climates and never shies away from being challenged by the younger women close to her. These millennials have taught me that their 'pro-sex feminism' is the undeniable next step in empowerment, she writes. If men choose to regard them as 'objects, ' tough shit, that is their problem. Given the level of Lahti's success, it is refreshing to read a book of essays that oozes modesty, humor, and complete levelheadedness. The author's compelling and thought-provoking stories effectively reflect her wisdom as well as her desire to share that wisdom and to keep learning throughout her life. As she writes, I see this collection as the highs and lows of a feminist who is very much still a work in progress.A book that hopefully marks the beginning of a fruitful writing career. COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "

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