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A beautiful and honest look at the relationship of these two talented people.
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An Affair to Remember: The Remarkable Love Story of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy
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Featuring twenty-four pages of photographs, a biography draws on the author's extensive conversations with Katharine Hepburn and other intimates to tell the poignant story of her longtime partnership with Spencer Tracy. By the author of Jack and Jackie. Reprint.
528 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1,1997
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528 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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June 1, 1998 by Avon
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9780380731589
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0380731584
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English
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Librarian's note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Christopher Peter Andersen is an American journalist and the author of 32 books, including many bestsellers. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Andersen joined the staff of Time Magazine as a contributing editor in 1969. From 1974 to 1986 Andersen was senior editor of Time Incorporated's People Magazine. He has also written for a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, The New York Daily News, Life, and Vanity Fair.
While his early nonfiction books veered from psychology (The Name Game) to true crime (The Serpent's Tooth) to art collecting ('The Best of Everything', with former Sotheby's chairman John Marion), he is best known for his controversial biographies. Between 1991 and 2011, he published 14 New York Times bestselling biographies. Andersen wrote Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones in July 2012. The book quickly became Andersen's 15th New York Times bestseller.
Christopher Peter Andersen is an American journalist and the author of 32 books, including many bestsellers. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Andersen joined the staff of Time Magazine as a contributing editor in 1969. From 1974 to 1986 Andersen was senior editor of Time Incorporated's People Magazine. He has also written for a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, The New York Daily News, Life, and Vanity Fair.
While his early nonfiction books veered from psychology (The Name Game) to true crime (The Serpent's Tooth) to art collecting ('The Best of Everything', with former Sotheby's chairman John Marion), he is best known for his controversial biographies. Between 1991 and 2011, he published 14 New York Times bestselling biographies. Andersen wrote Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones in July 2012. The book quickly became Andersen's 15th New York Times bestseller.
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I liked this a lot. I have a new appreciation for Spencer Tracy.
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Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have always been my favorite 'celebrity' couple since the first time I watched Woman of the Year (1942). Woman of the Year is hands down one of my top 3 favorite movies of all time!
An Affair to Remember begins with a condensed biography of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy as individuals and then dives into their 27 year long relationship. Several quotes were provided throughout this book that told their story better than I ever could.
"'Love' has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything." - Katharine Hepburn
"I've been loved and I've been in love. There's a big difference." - Katharine Hepburn
"We learned to be invisible in all the right places." - Spencer Tracy
"People are shocked that I gave up so much for a man. But you have to understand it gave me pleasure to make him happy, to ease his agony." - Katharine Hepburn
An Affair to Remember begins with a condensed biography of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy as individuals and then dives into their 27 year long relationship. Several quotes were provided throughout this book that told their story better than I ever could.
"'Love' has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything." - Katharine Hepburn
"I've been loved and I've been in love. There's a big difference." - Katharine Hepburn
"We learned to be invisible in all the right places." - Spencer Tracy
"People are shocked that I gave up so much for a man. But you have to understand it gave me pleasure to make him happy, to ease his agony." - Katharine Hepburn
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very enjoyable
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Just another silly step in my full on Katherine Hepburn obsession.
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my favorite genre in books are new and old classic, fantasy and Biographies.. and I read almost only bios about old movie stars and this one was about the Amazing Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy and their remarkable love affair that lasted 26 years.. I didn't want to stop reading for a second it was by far one of the best books I have ever read.
You get to read about both of their childhoods and then the bigger half of the book is about their life together and they certainly were extraordinary, both in their acting and their affecton for eachother. both could have done almost anything for the other, I loved loved loved this book and I will read it again someday (and it's not often I read a book twice)
Highly recomended for people who like me love the old age movie stars and love to read about their lives.
A beautiful written book worth every praise it gets.
You get to read about both of their childhoods and then the bigger half of the book is about their life together and they certainly were extraordinary, both in their acting and their affecton for eachother. both could have done almost anything for the other, I loved loved loved this book and I will read it again someday (and it's not often I read a book twice)
Highly recomended for people who like me love the old age movie stars and love to read about their lives.
A beautiful written book worth every praise it gets.
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I didn't learn much that I didn't already know, but this was still an interesting read about a couple of fascinating people. Still, all that research and all those editors and Joseph Cotten's name was still misspelled? :)
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Two actors I love. It was a great romance.
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