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From Patricia Bosworth - acclaimed biographer of Montgomery Clift, Diane Arbus, Marlon Brando, and Jane Fonda - comes a series of brilliant confessions about her amazing journey into womanhood. This deeply sensed memoir is the story of a female who defied repressive 1950s conventions while being molded by the significant men in her life. Created into privilege in San Francisco as the kids of famous attorney Bartley Crum and novelist Gertrude, Patricia and her sibling, Bart Jr., business lead charmed lives until their father's job is ruined when he defends the Hollywood Ten. The family steps to New York, suffering better tragedy when Bart Jr. eliminates himself. However, his loving spirit continues to influence Patricia as she fights to succeed as an celebrity and writer. Hitched and divorced from an abusive man before she's 20, she joins the famed Actors Studio. She needs classes with Lee Strasberg alongside Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, and others; she works on Broadway opposite Paul Muni, Helen Hayes, and Elaine Stritch; Gore Vidal and Elia Kazan become her mentors. Her anecdotes of theatre's Golden Years haven't been told before. On the zenith of her job, about to film The Nun's Account with Audrey Hepburn, Patricia faces a choice that changes her permanently. The Men in my own Life is approximately survival, achieving your targets, and learning to love. It's also the story of America's most culturally pivotal age, told through the lens of one insider's outstanding life.
