My Life So Far
Jane Fonda, , read by the author. . Random House Audio, $34.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-7393-1984-0
Thanks to Fonda's bravura reading, this eloquent abridgement of her stirring 500-page autobiography is one of the best audiobooks of the season. Her tour de force performance ranges from hilarious (an imitation of Ted Turner trying to say "monogamous") to heartbreaking (her final days with her dying father). This probing and articulate memoir follows Fonda's quest for self-discovery: "To have a good third act you need to understand what the first two have been about. I don't want to die without knowing who I am." With unsparing honesty, she admits to 30 years of bulimia and anorexia, dissects three failed marriages and details her cathartic, four-hour meeting with Vietnam vets in 1988 as a "raw, angry, emotional... exorcism" of the myth of Hanoi Jane. With the exception of
Reviewed on: 06/06/2005
Genre: Audio
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-0-7393-1983-3
Downloadable Audio - 1 pages - 978-1-4159-5128-6