Gracie: 2a Love Story

George Burns. Penguin Books, $7.95 (368pp) ISBN 978-0-14-012656-3

Delineating the intelligent woman behind the comedic facade, Burns here tells a true-love story of his marriage to Gracie Allen, who died in 1964. ``Describing their professional and personal life together, Burns fills the book a bestseller in cloth with infectious humor, although one feels his loss,'' remarked PW. Photos. 250,000 first printing; $150,000 ad/promo. (Nov.)

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