Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman

ISBN: 0547577656

Author: Bosworth, Patricia

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An irresistible biography of the accomplished, controversial actress whose roles on screen and off helped define a generation. Whether you love Jane Fonda or abhor her, Jane Fonda is a detailed and generous exploration not only of the contradictory world Fonda grew up in but of the many people who shaped her. -Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass CastlePatricia Bosworth has gone beyond the image of an American superwoman to reveal a Jane Fonda more powerful and vulnerable than ever expected. Fonda emerged from a heartbreaking Hollywood family drama to become a 60s onscreen ingénue and then an Oscar-winning actress. At the top of her game she risked all, rising up against the Vietnam War and shocking the world with a trip to Hanoi. While becoming one of Hollywoods most committed feminists, she financed her husband Tom Haydens political career in the 80s with exercise videos that began a fitness craze and brought in millions of dollars. Just as interesting is Fondas next turn, as a Stepford Wife of the Gulfstream set, marrying Ted Turner and seemingly walking away from her ideals and her career. Fondas multilevel story is a blend of the deep insecurity, magnetism, bravery, and determination that has fueled her inspiring and occasionally infuriating public life.The definitive portrait of a woman conflicted, torn between ferocious ambition, family, and feminist causes. -Gail Sheehy, author of PassagesThe Private Life does Jane Fonda the service of making us remember why she was relevant in the first place: the movies. Bosworths thorough account of this wild, uniquely twentieth-century Hollywood life makes Jane Fonda the actress even more intriguing. -San Francisco Chronicle