Book description
My Life So Far is a powerful account of an extraordinary woman. Oscar winner, controversial political activist, groundbreaking fitness guru, wife, mother, lover, philanthropist - just some of the roles Jane Fonda is known for. In this candid book, written by Fonda herself, there are messages for women of all…
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Jane Fonda’s autobiography surprised me more than perhaps any other book I have ever read or listened to.
Fonda has worked impressively hard to acquire the life wisdom that she shares so generously and goodhumoredly with the reader, and hearing one of the great actresses of our time tell her own story makes this audiobook as exquisitely pleasurable as a Broadway opening night.
The epigrams at the start of each chapter alone are invaluable, and the Hollywood stories are inherently fascinating, but what I loved most about My Life So Far was what I learned about myself. I came away…
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