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The extraordinary life of an ordinary man : a memoir / Paul Newman ; based on interviews and oral histories conducted by Stewart Stern ; compiled and edited by David Rosenthal ; foreword by Melissa Newman ; afterword by Clea Newman Soderlund.

by Newman, Paul, 1925-2008, author.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

Subjects

Newman, Paul, 1925-2008.

Newman, Paul, 1925-2008 -- Interviews.

Newman, Paul, 1925-2008 -- Friends and associates.

Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

ISBN:

9780593534502 (hardcover) :

0593534506 (hardcover)

Description:

xiv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. Several years before he died in 2008, Paul Newman commissioned his best friend to interview actors and directors he worked with, his friends, his children, his first wife, his psychiatrist, and Joanne Woodward, to create an oral history of his life. After hearing and reading what others said about him, Newman then dictated his own version of his life. Now, this long-lost memoir--90% Newman's own narrative, interspersed with wonderful stories and recollections by his family, friends, and such luminaries as Elia Kazan, Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill, Martin Ritt--will be published. This book will surprise and even shock people, it reveals unknown sides of Paul Newman: funny and tragic, charming and insightful, personal and professional. Newman's traumatic childhood is brilliantly detailed: his terrible relationship with his mother (he says she always considered him purely a decoration, not an actual child), his complicated relationship with his father (who once insisted eight-year-old Paul walk home several miles with a broken leg). He talks with extraordinary honesty, insight and humor, about his insecurities as a teenager, his lack of success with women, his feelings of failure. Tales of his army years feel like a movie in itself. His college years, his early yearnings to be an actor, learning his craft, his acting rivals at the beginning of his career (Brando and Dean), his films (good and bad)--he spares no one, including himself. He discusses the complicated relationship he had with his first wife, his son Scott's death, and his guilt about that death. Perhaps the most moving material in the book comes when he discusses Joanne Woodward--their love for each other, his dependence on her, even their sexually charged life together"--Provided by publisher.

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Location	Collection	Call No.	Status	Due Date
Aiea Public Library	Adult Biography	B Newman Ne	Checked In		Add Copy to MyList
Hanapepe Public Library	Adult Nonfiction	791.43028 Newman Ne	Checked In		Add Copy to MyList
Hawaii Kai Public Library	Adult Biography	B Newman Ne	Checked In		Add Copy to MyList
Hawaii State Library	Art, Music & Recreation	791.43028 Newman Ne	Checked In		Add Copy to MyList
Hilo Public Library	Adult Biography	B Newmanl Ne	Checked out	06/08/2024	Add Copy to MyList
CLOSED TEMPORARILY: Honokaa Public Library	Adult Biography	B Newman Ne	Transit		Add Copy to MyList
Kailua Public Library	Adult Biography	B Newman Ne	Checked In		Add Copy to MyList
Kailua-Kona Public Library	Adult Biography	B Newman Ne	Checked In		Add Copy to MyList
Kaimuki Public Library	Adult Biography	B Newman Ne	Checked out	05/30/2024	Add Copy to MyList
Kalihi-Palama Public Library	Adult Nonfiction	791.43028 Newman Ne	Checked In		Add Copy to MyList

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