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The Lonely Life

An Autobiography

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The Lonely Life

By: Bette Davis
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
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 Originally published in 1962, The Lonely Life is legendary silver screen actress Bette Davis's lively and riveting account of her life, loves, and marriages--now in ebook for the first time, and updated with an afterword she wrote just before her death.

As Davis says in the opening lines of her classic memoir: "I have always been driven by some distant music--a battle hymn, no doubt--for I have been at war from the beginning. I rode into the field with sword gleaming and standard flying. I was going to conquer the world." A bold, unapologetic book by a unique and formidable woman, The Lonely Life details the first fifty-plus years of Davis's life--her Yankee childhood, her rise to stardom in Hollywood, the birth of her beloved children, and the uncompromising choices she made along the way to succeed. The book was updated with new material in the 1980s, bringing the story up to the end of Davis's life--all the heartbreak, all the drama, and all the love she experienced at every stage of her extraordinary life.

The Lonely Life proves conclusively that the legendary image of Bette Davis is not a fable but a marvelous reality. Entertainment & Celebrities Entertainment & Performing Arts Film & TV Celebrity Entertainment Biography Heartfelt
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Just loved this book and I almost forgot it wasn’t bette davis talking.

I would highly recommend this one! Easy to follow and what a woman!!! Tough cookie!

Amazing book

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Loved this book.Read well very old school and a great sense of who Bette Davis was.

Enjoyable listen what a life.

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I like to hear the stories of famous actors in their own words, it gives an insight into not only their life experiences but their characters . I think miss Davis is guarded in how much she chooses to share but that’s her prerogative and I found it an interesting listen.

Bette Davis’s life in her own words

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What a strong lady Betty was . I missed her when I finished the book .
She loved her work , terrible the way she was treated in the early days ,

Betty , Bobbi and Mum

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I found the whole story of Bette Davis' take on Bette Davis insightful and fascinating.

By today's standards she might be called difficult - even narcissistic. What I took away was that she strong willed, hard working dedicated actress who constantly strive to raise the standards of story telling on yhe screen and on the stage. Betrayed several times by the ones she loved, Bette took solice in her work and a pragmatic "the show must go on" outlook. Excellently read delivered and paced by the narrator.

Buckle Up. Lights, Camera, Action

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