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title: "By Myself and Then Some"
brand: "lauren bacall"
price: "$U1987"
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# By Myself and Then Some

**Brand:** lauren bacall
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By Myself and Then Some

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A Must Read Full of Glamour and Loss, Life as a Star and How That Doesn't Prevent One from Experiencing the Problems We All Face
  

*by C***E on Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2015*

I first read this book when it was simply "By Myself" and I remember recommending it to everyone! Lauren Bacall is a marvelous actress and equally talented writer. Her style is breezy, candid, self-depracating and forthright. She takes us through her lean years trying to get into a Broadway or even off-Broadway show, the romance--and many roadblocks--with her first love and husband, iconic Humphrey Bogart (it wasn't all wine and roses and she is upfront about their differences and fights), how she got Bogie, herself, family and friends through his battle with cancer and subsequent death, life as a single lady, and life as a single lady "wronged" by a man--in this case, Frank Sinatra.  She's honest with us and she quotes friends who are equally honest about her life--both the good and the bad.After the Hollywood years of Bogie, the Rat Pack and "humiliation" of Frank, Lauren aka Betty Bacall returns to her hometown, NYC, and she generously brings us along as she continues life as a single mother, meets, gets pregnant by (a big no no back then for a single woman) then marries Jason Robards, a charming, talented actor and terrible alcoholic. Interspersed are fascinating stories of friendships with the rich and famous--Adlai Stevenson, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn, John Huston, Bobby Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and Leonard Bernstein, to name a few.This is a tough woman who married two alcoholics, raised three children largely on her own, fought her way to a successful career in films and finally on Broadway, and endured loss after loss--friends, family--and she was thisclose to her mother and her aunts and uncles. Her shock and profound grief at their deaths is gritty and real. She's upfront about other losses--roles she wanted, money she needed, the divorce from Jason Robards, boyfriends who moved on, even the prickly relationship with her only daughter, Leslie Bogart.I revisited "By Myself and Then Some" shortly after Bacall's death. It took just a few pages for me to remember why I loved the original book so much! The addition--the "and Then Some"--has the tone, fast pace, humor and honesty of "By Myself." It is equally as interesting and answers many of the "whatever happened to him/her/that situation" introduced in "By Myself." Her memory when it comes to even the smallest details like the phone conversation when Sinatra shouted at and broke up with her, that last night with Bogie and how seeing his body dropped and rolled down the stairs led to nightmares for months afterwards, the trips abroad, the parties she and Bogie gave, how she dealt with his drinking and occasionally spiteful behavior are fascinating to read. You actually feel you're experiencing these things with her. Even her candor about her nerves is refreshing: I know when I'm nervous my hands shake terribly and Lauren Bacall wrote about the times her nerves got the best of her and how badly HER hands and even her head trembled. I admire her very, very much. If you haven't read "By Myself and Then Some" I encourage you to buy it. Yes, she was a movie star who mingled with the A-listers but the themes of her life--illnesses and deaths, anxiety and depression, problems with children, dishonest men, insecurities--are very relatable and it's those things that "make" the book!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good info and insight...but
  

*by S***T on Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2014*

I read this to learn about this time in Hollywood.  I'm going to make the time to watch some of the movies mentioned.  My only personal observation I wanted to share is about her career choice.  I totally understand the desire at a young age to be a star and on stage.  Yet her lack of natural talent (meaning she was good when she worked very, very hard and was well directed) and her insecurity and her stagefright and that she points out continuously throughout her book make me wonder.  I've seen so many untalented children in performing arts schools, community theater, etc.  They all WANT to be on the stage even if they lack the natural talent to do well. I wanted it, too...and yet my lack of talent, stagefright and self-awareness held me back from wasting anyone's time. It obviously didn't do the same to Lauren and she lived a great life because of it. So I wonder if I and many others should push through their lack of and reach for the stars with sheer determination and hopefully connections.  Yes, Lauren Bacall's pretty and she's a great friend...I can see that.  She was a great wife to Bogie and he a great husband. I youtubed and saw her on a game show at the time she acted in the last movie before Bogey died.  She was so coquettish and self-absorbed in an adorable way (I guess) and the talent I saw was in her adorability while flirting.  I guess it doesn't really matter if you're talented.  If you want to be up on that stage and put yourself through the terror and judgement of others, risking your calm for them to like what you do...I think that's not a bad thing.  I just don't think it's for everyone to do that.  We'd all be a bundle of nerves and anxiety.  I don't fault her...just observations of human behavior.  I really want to thank her for putting it out there.  It was a great read and shed light on a world I'll never know.  She's a remarkable, wonderful person.  I related to her in many ways.  I have a Bogie in my life and it's really a great place to be.  Safe and loving.  She did well in that space and I get it....it's priceless.

### ⭐ 







  
    遅い到着と表紙剥がれ
  
  

*by L***ア on Reviewed in Japan on January 9, 2019*

知人へのクリスマスプレゼントに12月13日注文。12月28日到着との連絡があったが、届いたのは1月7日。しかも1番目立つ表紙右下の表面ビニールが剥がれている上、裏にも薄く切れ込みがある。欠陥品の発送？ 通販は信用第一を肝に命じて欲しい。(交換依頼中)

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