ISBN: 9780060934095

Something about Olympia Dukakis just speaks to people. In her signature straight-talk style, she tells the story of her own history and career.Olympia Dukakis, internationally known movie… Meer...

Something about Olympia Dukakis just speaks to people. In her signature straight-talk style, she tells the story of her own history and career.Olympia Dukakis, internationally known movie and theater star, was born into a Greek family in Lowell, Massachusetts. As a first generation Greek-American, Olympia “lived in the hyphen” and struggled to reconcile her American desires with her family’s old-world traditions. ASK ME AGAIN TOMORROW tells the story of Olympia’s struggle to find her place as an American, as a woman and as a star. It specifically explores the relationship between Olympia, whose main ambition was to live her life exactly as she wanted, and her mother, who spent a lifetime constrained by a tradition that delegated her to second class. Like Sidney Poitier’s THIS LIFE and THE MEASURE OF A MAN, this is a book that is more than a celebrity memoir. ASK ME AGAIN TOMORROW will speak to many audiences: readers who also experienced America as an adopted country; readers interested in the art of acting; readers interested in autobiography, and particularly to female readers who have struggled with fitting their own aspirations in with the needs of family. It is a book that will endure. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Biography>Movies & TV Biog,Memoir>Movies,TV Biog,Memoir, HarperCollins Publishers Core >1<

ISBN: 9780060934095

Paperback, [PU: HarperCollins Publishers Inc], Something about Olympia Dukakis just speaks to people. In her signature straight-talk style, she tells the story of her own history and care… Meer...

Paperback, [PU: HarperCollins Publishers Inc], Something about Olympia Dukakis just speaks to people. In her signature straight-talk style, she tells the story of her own history and career. Olympia Dukakis, internationally known movie and theater star, was born into a Greek family in Lowell, Massachusetts. As a first generation Greek-American, Olympia "lived in the hyphen" and struggled to reconcile her American desires with her family's old-world traditions. ASK ME AGAIN TOMORROW tells the story of Olympia's struggle to find her place as an American, as a woman and as a star. It specifically explores the relationship between Olympia, whose main ambition was to live her life exactly as she wanted, and her mother, who spent a lifetime constrained by a tradition that delegated her to second class. Like Sidney Poitier's THIS LIFE and THE MEASURE OF A MAN, this is a book that is more than a celebrity memoir. ASK ME AGAIN TOMORROW will speak to many audiences: readers who also experienced America as an adopted country; readers interested in the art of acting; readers interested in autobiography, and particularly to female readers who have struggled with fitting their own aspirations in with the needs of family. It is a book that will endure., Gender Studies: Women<

2004, ISBN: 9780060934095

Harper Paperbacks, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 223 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-03-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.75 kg, Genderstudies, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Schaus… Meer...

Harper Paperbacks, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 223 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-03-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.75 kg, Genderstudies, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Schauspieler & Entertainer, Kunst & Literatur, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Frauen, Gemeinschaften & Kultur, Reich & Berühmt, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, Politik & Geschichte, Harper Paperbacks, 2004<