A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and THE TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023. The exhilarating and
startlingly honest autobiography of the living legend. 'Over almost a thousand pages the
diva to end them all documents her rise to the top and the tears and joys that went with it ...
What really brings this alive is Barbra Streisand's admission of the insecurity that drives
her.' The Times 'Exhilarating ... leaves blood on the page ... My Name Is Barbra is 992
pages of startling honesty and self-reflection deadpan parenthetical asides encyclopedic
recall of onstage outfits and rigorous analyses of her films' Vanity Fair 'I have been
patiently waiting for Barbra Streisand's autobiography for 54 years....My Name is Barbra is a
Streisand obsessive's dream come true. It addresses all the rumours and misrepresentations of
her long and extraordinary life from nearly missing out on A Star is Born to dating Pierre
Trudeau Omar Sharif and Marlon Brando. The wait has been worth every word!' - Richard E Grant
Sunday Times 'The mother of all memoirs' New Yorker 'A brilliant memoir' Hillary Clinton
'Glorious exuberant chatty and candid a 970-page victory lap past all who ever doubted
diminished or dissed her . . . generous dollops of chutzpah ... Nobody puts Barbra in the
corner' New York Times 'Mystical messy bawdy and funny ... My Name is Barbra confides her
insecurities and a ravening hunger for fame ... silent but eloquent and vociferous writing'
Peter Conrad The Observer 'At heart this is a story so bursting with life fury
unbelievable ambition and food (Streisand loves to eat) that you come away from it exhausted
but smiling ... hear hear!' The Guardian 'This enormous poignant memoir from the ultimate
showbusiness trouper shows that you can never have it all (even if you're Barbra). The writing
is great and the likeable formidable personality shines through . . . deeper than the average
celebrity memoir' The Times 'A glorious doorstopper... the sheer ambition of this intricately
woven memoir makes it a fascinating read. The delicate pages bring to mind a Russian novel or
perhaps more appropriately for the many who view Streisand as akin to a deity a bible. And yet
Streisand writes relatively succinctly with warmth and wit. Behind the sequins beneath the
wigs and through the glass of the recording studio there's just a woman who dreamed of being
famous and make it happen on her terms. It's an accomplished and entrancing walk through a
life well lived' Evening Standard 'No less than a living legend ... Streisand's story is
truly inspirational and it's one that you'll want to pick up again and again' Glamour 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 recognisable voices in 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
(musical and film) to the long string of successes in every medium in the years that followed.
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 book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans. ST
Bestseller November 2023. ST Music Book of The Year 2023.
