Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
At last, the definitive biography of Katharine Hepburn-the story she herself has never told. Hollywood has produced many stars, but no one compares to Katharine Hepburn. She is the last of the great ones; a celebrated actress, a brilliant personality, an original. In more than sixty years of public life, countless men have fallen in love with her, women have admired her, and yet only a handful have ever known the real Kate.
For the New York Times best seller, Barbara Leaming discovered thousands of never-before-seen documents that finally illuminate the mystery of this enigmatic, fascinating artist. From letters by Hepburn, her friends, and her family, as well as from interviews with Hepburn herself, Ms. Leaming has written a saga as vivid and entrancing as any novel. It is also richly textured, altogether compelling biography of great American woman.
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Not often is a book about a film star more gripping than anything the star has played on the screen but Barbara Leaming's biography has that distinction... Katharine Hepburn is Ms. Leaming's penetrating look beyond Ms. Hepburn's acting career and into the forces that shaped such an emblematic figure...Prodigious research has yielded a family history that is both revealing on its own terms and a necessary backdrop to any consideration of Ms. Hepburn's career. Janet Maslin The New York Times Book Review