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Double Life: A Love Story From Broadway To Hollywood (2011)

by Alan Shayne(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1936833026 (ISBN13: 9781936833023)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Magnus Books

review 1: This was more life story than love story. I was hoping for more glimpses into the maintenance of a forty year relationship. The premise was engaging, the author's story interesting, I just wanted more them and less Hollywood insider stories. I suppose it's all in why you first pick a book up and your expectations therein. It was well written, a little slow paced at the beginning, but kept my interest throughout. It was definitely a story of the times and gave a lot of insight into the Hollywood lifestyle and the true lack of tolerance that probably still exosts today.*I received my copy from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
review 2: This book is about many things, but at its core is the 50+ year long marriage of two interesting people: Alan Sh... moreayne, an actor turned producer, and Norman Sunshine, an artist in many areas. Parts of the book describe their friendships with a great many famous people, so, fun to read. the heart of the book, though, is the love Alan and Norman share, practically from the moment they met, the bickering and misunderstandings that are part of any relationship, and of course, the double life they had to lead, keeping their identity as a couple private, in order to succeed in their fields in the forties, fifties, and sixties. The book is written in both of their voices, so in that sense, it's the autobiography of a double life, the shared lives of two people. It's a wonderful book, a story of life well-lived. Highly recommended. less

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