First published 2019
Julie Andrews opens her second memoir where her first left off, stepping into Hollywood as an unknown stage performer. She chronicles her meteoric ascent through her breakthrough roles in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music, revealing the industry pressures that accompanied sudden stardom. Andrews candidly examines her personal upheavals during this period, including navigating new motherhood, her first marriage's dissolution, and her romance with director Blake Edwards. She details their creative partnership on films like Victor/Victoria, the gender-swapping comedy that earned multiple Academy Award nominations. Written alongside her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, Andrews balances professional triumphs with intimate family moments, from embracing her stepchildren to adopting two more. The memoir captures both Hollywood's glittering heights and its demanding realities, showing how Andrews built a lasting career while reconstructing her personal life around an expanding, blended family.
Genres: autobiography, memoir, biography-memoir, film
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, personal-growth
Setting: Hollywood
Period: 20th-century
352 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing