ISBN: 0553763342 9780553763348

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts

Page count: 384

<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER • “A simply elegant memoir.”<b>—<i>Newsweek</i></b></b><br><br>In this exquisitely written memoir, Mia Farrow takes us on a journey into her remarkable life. As the daughter of actress Maureen O’Sullivan and film director John Farrow, she lived what was by all appearances a charmed and privileged childhood. But below the surface, money troubles, marital tensions, drinking, and occasionally violence marred the Hollywood illusion. <br>  <br> And when Mia was nine, she would be forever wrenched from childhood by the terrible isolation of a bout with polio. Her father’s death propelled her out into the world, where she embarked onto an acting career that included television, theater, and film—from her debut in <i>Peyton Place</i> to her first starring role in <i>Rosemary’s Baby,</i> and on to her thirteen films with Woody Allen.<br>  <br> Here is a luminous memoir of childhood and motherhood, a thoughtful exploration of a spiritual journey, and a candid examination of her marriages to Frank Sinatra and André Previn and her close but troubled twelve-year relationship with Woody Allen. Told with grace and deep understanding, as well as humor, <i>What Falls Away </i>is an unforgettable book, an extraordinary record of an extraordinary life.