Kate The Life of Katherine Hepburn Author:Charles Higham She Came from a background of patrician New England breeding, and burst forth fresh from Bryn Mawr to stun Broadway. She went to Hollywood an a lark and stayed to ride a roller coaster of fabulous success and spectacular disaster without batting an aristocratic eyelash. Like Garbo, she has been the most private and elusive of stars, and a libe... more »rated woman long before the word was coined-a great actress who has made her own rules for life, work, and love, and a human being more complex and fascinating than even her unforgettable screen roles can hint. Now, for the first time, Katharine Hepburn has authorized a writer to interview her closed friends and colleagues about her career, her life, and her behind the scenes romantic involvements. She herself tells the deeply moving story of her twenty five year love affair with Spencer Tracy. Here is a vivid portrait of the most elegant, independent, and tempestuous superstar of them all-Kate« less