First published 2014
Academy Award winner Anjelica Huston continues her life story from where her first memoir ended. She opens with director Tony Richardson's cutting words about her stalled acting career at twenty-nine. Huston chronicles her seventeen-year romance with Jack Nicholson and the wild circle of friends that surrounded him. She details her journey learning the craft of acting and her breakthrough roles, including her Oscar-winning performance as Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor. The memoir covers her iconic portrayals of Morticia Addams and her work in The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grifters. Huston describes collaborating with directors like Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola, and Stephen Frears. She recounts the death of her father, legendary filmmaker John Huston, and her marriage to sculptor Robert Graham. The book captures the highs and lows of Hollywood life with candor and warmth.
Genres: autobiography, memoir, biography-memoir, film
Vibes: candid, emotional, intimate
Tropes: celebrity-memoir, personal-journey, rags-to-riches
Setting: Hollywood
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
395 pages · Kindle Edition · Scribner