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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed Alan Alda

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed By Alan Alda

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda


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Summary

Tells the story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only begun to grow. This work offers the tale of turning points in his life. It is about Alan Alda, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, who learns the hard way that change, uncertainty and transformation are what life is made of, and the good life is made of welcoming them.

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed Summary

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda

He's one of America's most recognisable and acclaimed actors - a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing during his 11 years on M A S H. Now, Alan Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his greatest performances. 'My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six,' begins Alan Alda's irresistible story. The son of a popular actor and a loving, but mentally ill mother, he spent his early childhood backstage in the erotic and comic world of burlesque and went on after early struggles to achieve extraordinary success in his profession. Yet, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is not a memoir of show business ups and downs. It is a moving and funny story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only begun to grow. It is the story of turning points in his life, events that would make him what he is - if only he could survive them. From the moment as a boy when his dead dog is returned from the taxidermist's shop with a hideous expression on his face, and he learns that death can't be undone, to the decades-long effort to find compassion for the mother he lived with but never knew, to his acceptance of his father in him, personally and professionally, he learns the hard way that change, uncertainty and transformation are what life is made of, and the good life is made of welcoming them. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, filled with curiosity about Nature, good humour and honesty, is the crowning achievement of an actor, author, and director, but surprisingly, it is the story of a life more filled with turbulence and laughter than any he's ever played on the stage or screen. Although it does list some of the famous women he has kissed Alan Alda's autobiography is no 'kiss and tell' catalogue, but a quirkily funny, sharply observed account of an eccentric family and a very dramatic life.

About Alan Alda

Alan Alda played 'Hawkeye' Pierce for eleven years in the television series M*A*S*H and has acted in, written, and directed many feature films. He has starred often on Broadway and his avid interest in science has led to his hosting PBS's Scientific American Frontiers for eleven years. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005 and has been nominated for thirty EMMY awards. He is married to children's book author/photographer, Arlene Alda. They have three grown children and seven grandchildren.

Additional information

GOR001249144
9780091796525
0091796520
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Cornerstone
20060202
240
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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