The Beauty of Living Twice

by Sharon Stone

Hardcover, 2021

Status

Available

Call number

PN2287.S755

Publication

Knopf (2021), Edition: 1st, 256 pages

Description

Biography & Autobiography. Medical. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER â?˘ Sharon Stone tells her own story: a journey of healing, love, and purpose. â?˘ â??Not your typical Hollywood autobiography. Brutally honest, restless and questing.â? â??O, The Oprah Magazine Sharon Stone, one of the most renowned actresses in the world, suffered a massive stroke that cost her not only her health, but her career, family, fortune, and global fame. In The Beauty of Living Twice, Stone chronicles her efforts to rebuild her life and writes about her slow road back to wholeness and health. In a business that doesnâ??t accept failure, in a world where too many voices are silenced, Stone found the power to return, the courage to speak up, and the will to make a difference in the lives of men, women, and children around the globe. Over the course of these intimate pages, as candid as a personal conversation, Stone talks about her pivotal roles, her life-changing friendships, her worst disappointments, and her greatest accomplishments. She reveals how she went from a childhood of trauma and violence to a career in an industry that in many ways echoed those same assaults, under cover of money and glamour. She describes the strength and meaning she found in her children, and in her humanitarian efforts. And ultimately, she shares how she fought her way back to find not only her truth, but her familyâ??s reconciliation and love. Stone made headlines not just for her beauty and her talent, but for her candor and her refusal to â??play nice,â? and itâ??s those same qualities that make this memoir so powerful. The Beauty of Living Twice is a book for the wounded and a book for the survivors; itâ??s a celebration of womenâ??s strength and resilience, a reckoning, and a call to activism. It is proof that itâ??s never too… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member lamour
Stone was the victim of sexual abuse by her maternal grandfather as was her mother and sister. As with many victims of abuse, it took her a long time to recognize it, talk about it and heal herself. The book is also about her rise to stardom in Hollywood and she writes about some of the films she
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made, the directors who guided her during those productions but also about the men in the industry who sought sexual favours from her.

The latter portion of the book is about her many charitable efforts and the organizations she helped create to help the poor and helpless in the USA and overseas. Fund raising to find a cure for HIV/AIDS is a special interest of hers because she lost a number of friends to the disease.

Very readable.
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LibraryThing member reader1009
audiobook nonfiction/memoir (narrated by author) - growing up in poor Irish-American family, abusive grandfather, success in Hollywood, recovery from stroke in her 40s.

Other reviews point to Stone's imperfect narration as a reminder of her recovery from her brain injury, but overall she presents
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her story brilliantly, with genuine emotion and only a rare unintentional pause. This is a story of incredible strength if ever I've heard one.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

256 p.; 8.52 inches

ISBN

0525656766 / 9780525656760

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