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Members who requested this book also requested:At age ten, Tatum O'Neal became the youngest Oscar winner in history for her performance in the film classic Paper Moon. She was hailed as a new kind of child star -- sassy and precocious -- for a hip, cynical age. As the sidekick to her father, the flamboyant star and man-about-town Ryan O'Neal, she became a fixture at the most glamorous Hollywood parties and counted celebrities ranging from Cher to Stanley Kubrick among her childhood friends.
But behind the glittering facade of Tatum's life lay heartbreak: abandonment, abuse, and neglect. Her alcoholic mother, the actress Joanna Moore, drifted in and out of her life. Her father, saddled with both Tatum and her brother Griffin, grew increasingly punishing and distant, especially after moving in with his longtime love, Farrah Fawcett. By her late teens, Tatum -- though a working actress with ten movies to her credit -- had begun a perilous slide into self-destruction.
Then, just before her twenty-first birthday, Tatum met the man who would become her husband: the explosive tennis great John McEnroe. They had three children, Kevin, Sean, and Emily, in quick succession, followed by one of the messiest high-profile divorces on record. With the collapse of her marriage and no real family to turn to, Tatum succumbed to the demons of her past, which would nearly kill her.
Now she has emerged clean and sober, rediscovering herself as an actress, mother, and wonderfully vibrant woman in what she considers the prime of her life.
A Paper Life is a story of strength and courage: unflinchingly honest, yet poignant, often funny, and unfailingly uplifting. It is a tale of triumph steeped in Hollywood lore -- and an inspiring testament to the healing power of love.
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Genres:
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Arts & Literature >> Actors & Actresses
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Arts & Literature >> Entertainers
- Biographies & Memoirs >> General
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Specific Groups >> Women
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Leaders & Notable People >> Rich & Famous
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Memoirs
Top Member Reviews
Lori S. (What a tortured life she led, how bizarre a childhood... who would have thought that the "poor little rich girl" would have struggled so hard. A great read that also makes you madas hell at her parents.
Leah G. wrote on 4/22/2007...great, but sad book. makes you very sad for the little girl who grew up with a violent idiot for a father and then went off and married the same kind of man
I liked the honesty of this book. I think Tatum definately has some issues but she has taken responsibility for some of it.
Enjoyable and interesting read.
Monique T. from NAPA, CA wrote on 1/4/2008...This is a really good book. I enjoyed every minute of it. It's one of those books that you can hardly put down. I read it in one day! I would recommend it to anyone who likes autobiographies.
Great rags to riches to abuse to riches to abuse, etc etc. I hope she can truly stop the cycle. Good book!
Melissa G. from CHARLESTON, WV wrote on 4/19/2007...a good book, with awesome photos. really great read. i enjoyed learning about tatum and her family life.
Kathryn G. from SIERRA MADRE, CA wrote on 7/4/2006...A weak, obviously ghost-written exposition of Tatum's tragic childhood and marriage to John McEnroe.
Valerie B. from POWELL, TN wrote on 9/27/2005...Very interesting book! I was never really into Tatum O'Neal, seeing as how I did not grow up watching any of her movies, but I did watch many of her father's. Insight into her marraige and her sex life, very good!
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A very descriptive story about her life as a child movie star, a drug addict and abused wife. Touching and heartfelt.
A good book that spent alot of time building up and talking about Tatum's childhood and marriage, but not so much about her own addictions and realtionships post McEnroe.
This was a very interesting tell all about Tatum's life.
Valerie A. from BEAR CREEK TW, PA wrote on 2/12/2007...I thought this was a very interesting look at how a child star grew up in Hollywood!I had a lot of respect for Ms O'Neil after reading about her difficult and violent childhood.
good and slightly disturbing, seemed to be a balanced look at Tatum O'Neals life