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A Paper Life (Paperback)

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A real Hollywood-style tell-all, this is the extremely candid and highly explosive autobiography of one of the movie industry's most talented and troubled young stars.

At age ten, Tatum O'Neal became the youngest Oscar winner in history for her performance in the film classic Paper Moon. As the sidekick to her father, the flamboyant star and man-about-town Ryan O'Neal, she became a fixture at the most glamorous Hollywood parties and counted celebrities ranging from Cher to Stanley Kubrick among her childhood friends.

Yet behind the glittering façade of Tatum's life lay heartbreak: abandonment, abuse, neglect, and drug addiction. She reveals the most intimate secrets of her dysfunctional relationships with her father, Ryan O'Neal, and stepmother, Farrah Fawcett, as well as her alcoholic mother, Joanna Moore, and ex-husband, tennis pro John McEnroe.

After the collapse of her marriage and with no real family to turn to, Tatum succumbed to the demons of her past that would nearly kill her. Now she has emerged clean and sober, rediscovering herself as an actress, mother, and wonderfully vibrant woman in what she considers the prime of her life.

About the Author


The youngest actress ever to win an Academy Award®, Tatum O’Neal has been a public figure for the past three decades. An actress, author, and mother, she makes her home in Los Angeles, California.

Praise for A Paper Life…


“In her bombshell autobiography...Tatum O’Neal...names names...while telling, for the first time, an eye-popping story...”
-People

“Forget ‘Mommie Dearest;’...it looks as if Tatum O’Neal’s A PAPER LIFE...might be the new classic.
-Philadelphia Inquirer

“In this honest, disturbing memoir, O’Neal...reveals the behind-the-scenes story of her lonely, chaotic life...
-Publishers Weekly

“In her red-hot tome, O’Neal dishes on the...Hollywood of the 1970s - in all its raunchiness.”
-Daily News

“I know memoirs are always described as ‘explosive,’ but this one really is.”
-Liz Smith

“If an Academy Award were handed out for the most scorching family drama, it could certainly go to Tatum O’Neal...”
-USA Today

“A Paper Life, her slash-and-burn family album about…oh, go read it. You know you want to.”
-Janet Maslin, New York Times

Product Details ISBN-10: 0060751029
ISBN-13: 9780060751029
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks, 10/01/2005
Pages: 336
Language: English
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