Then Again

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Mom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There me always little reminders pasted on the kitchen wall for example, the word THINK. I found THINK thumb-tacked on a bulletin board in her darkroom. I saw it Scotch-taped on a pencil box shedcollaged I even found a pamphlet titled THINK on her bedside table. Mom liked to THINK
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So begins Diane Keaton's unforgettable memoir about her mother ond herself. In it you will meet the woman known to tens of millions as Annie Hall, but you will also meet, and fall in love with, her mother, the loving, complicated, always-thinking Dorothy Hall. To write about herself, Diane realized she had to write about her mother, too, and how their bond came to define both their lives. In a remarkable act of creation, Diane not only reveals herself to us, she also lets us meet in intimate detoil her mother. Dver the course of her life, Dorothy kept eighty-five journals—literally thousands of pages—in which she wrote about her marriage, her... Tovább

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Mom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There me always little reminders pasted on the kitchen wall for example, the word THINK. I found THINK thumb-tacked on a bulletin board in her darkroom. I saw it Scotch-taped on a pencil box shedcollaged I even found a pamphlet titled THINK on her bedside table. Mom liked to THINK
t
I : ¦ 'I
F ¦¦ y?^
So begins Diane Keaton's unforgettable memoir about her mother ond herself. In it you will meet the woman known to tens of millions as Annie Hall, but you will also meet, and fall in love with, her mother, the loving, complicated, always-thinking Dorothy Hall. To write about herself, Diane realized she had to write about her mother, too, and how their bond came to define both their lives. In a remarkable act of creation, Diane not only reveals herself to us, she also lets us meet in intimate detoil her mother. Dver the course of her life, Dorothy kept eighty-five journals—literally thousands of pages—in which she wrote about her marriage, her children, and, most probingly, herself. Dorothy also recorded memorable stories about Diane's grandparents. Diane bos sorted through these pages to paint on unflinching portrait of her mother—0 womon restless with intellectual and creative energy, struggling to find on outlet for her
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talents—as well as her entire family, recounting a story that spans four generations and nearly a hundred years.
More than the autobiography of a legendary actress, Then Again \s a hack about a very American family with very American dreams. Diane will remind you of yourself, and her bonds with her fomily will remind you of your own relationships with those you love the most.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DIANE K E AT 0 N has starred in some of the most memorable movies of the past forty years, including the Godfather m\m Annie Hall, Manhattan, Ueds, Baby Boom. Jhe First Vim Club, and Somethings Gotta Give. Her many awards include the Golden Globe and the Academy Award. Keoton lives with her daughter and son in Los Angeles.
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Includes an exclusive conversation between Diane Keaton and Anna Quindlen at the bock of the book
A RANDOH HOUSE TRADE PAPERBACK
Cover design: Emily Horwood Blass Front-cover photograph: Dewey Nicks
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Janet Maslin, The New York Times • People • Vogue
"[A] rich and ruminative autobiographical journey." —Ihe New fork Times Book Neview (Editor's Choice
"A poem about women living in one another's not uncomplicated memories . . . Part of what makes Diane Keaton's memoir, Then Again, truly amazing is that she does away with the star's 'me' and replaces it with a daughter's 'I.' "
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