First published 2011
Jennifer Grant opens the door to 9966 Beverly Grove Drive, where she spent her childhood in a Beverly Hills farmhouse with her father, legendary actor Cary Grant. He retired from movies when she was born to focus on raising her. Through letters, notes, funny cards, and recorded conversations, Jennifer reveals their daily life together. Grant taught her about everything from boys and manners to money and acting. He traveled for work and entertained Hollywood friends like the Sinatras, Pecks, and Poitiers, but always returned to their shared world of playing, laughing, and dancing. Grant invented the phrase "good stuff" to describe happiness, and he filled his daughter's life with it. Jennifer chronicles their relationship from her high school years through college until Grant's death at eighty-two. The book captures a father who was both a global icon and a devoted dad, revealing how Grant's natural charm and humor shaped his daughter's understanding of love and life.
Genres: family-life, memoir, non-fiction, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, real-life
Setting: Beverly Hills
Period: 20th-century
192 pages · Hardcover · Knopf