EAN: 9780525429524

STREISAND BARBRA MY NAME IS BARBRA

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage  screen  recordings  and television   Barbra
Streisand is by any account a living legend  a woman who in a career spanning six decades has
excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy  Grammy
Oscar  and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in the history of
popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times  and with Yentl she became the
first woman to write  produce  direct  and star in a major motion picture. In My Name Is Barbra
she tells her own story about her life and extraordinary career  from growing up in Brooklyn to
her first star-making appearances in New York nightclubs to her breakout performance in Funny
Girl on stage and winning the Oscar for that performance on film. Then came a long string of
successes in every medium in the years that followed. The book is  like Barbra herself  frank 
funny  opinionated  and charming. She recounts her early struggles to become an actress 
eventually turning to singing to earn a living  the recording of some of her acclaimed albums 
the years of effort involved in making Yentl   her direction of The Prince of Tides   her
friendships with figures ranging from Marlon Brando to Madeleine Albright  her political
advocacy  and the fulfillment she’s found in her marriage to James Brolin.     No entertainer’s
memoir has been more anticipated than Barbra Streisand’s  and this engrossing and delightful
book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans.

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