Life Itself: A Memoir
ISBN:
9781611137927 (1611137926)
Publish date: 2011
Publisher: AudioGO
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Book Club,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Culture,
Film,
Contemporary,
Biography Memoir
Roger Ebert began working on his memoirs during the years of his illness, and Life Itself is a volume of “memoirs” in the old-fashioned sense--an individual sharing his lifetime of personal stories, but not necessarily following the chronological structure of autobiography--rather than the more limi...
This is the first traditional type of memoir I have ever read, and I really enjoyed it. It was like getting to know Roger Ebert.
This book was an impulse buy and I'm ever so glad I followed my impulse in this case. I used to watch Siskel & Ebert religiously when I was a teen and though I often found myself disagreeing with one of these men I enjoyed their debates immensely. However here I got a good look at not Ebert of Siske...
For the most part, an interesting look at the film critic and TV personality's life. The beginning was very slow since his boyhood was pretty uneventful but after he started work at the Sun-Times my interest perked up. Listened to the audio version which was read by Edward Herrmann who is always a...
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. Gotta love Roger Ebert.
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