Should be at least 4.5. I've only seen Beyond the Rocks, and I didn't realize how interesting and awesome Gloria Swanson is! I appreciated reading a celebrity bio that arrives somewhere legitimately wiser than where it starts. Where David Niven's peters out (although I
Also, I loved that 2/3 of the book was silent movie era reminiscence.
Lastly: I loved the quote she used from [b:The Prophet|2547|The Prophet|Kahlil Gibran|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1355046521s/2547.jpg|2938937]:
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow. ( )

Large book full of details that the author wrote late in life. Gloria Swanson had more than one career beside silver screen star and author---she often designed her own clothing; some was reproduced and sold at / for Neiman Marcus. And she was a painter. She also talks about her dramatic health problems (when she found a lump her doctor told her to stop eating protein to "starve" it). I read the book because of her connection to William Dufty (husband number five) who wrote Sugar Blues. ( )

Probably the best movie star autobio ever, reads like an epic. ( )

I read this book when I was a kid (well, parts of it) and I swore I'd never watch another Wallace Beery movie again. ( )

GREAT CONDITION! ( )