by Jeff Bridges
First published 2006
Dorothy Bridges sits down each Valentine's Day with pen and paper, crafting another love poem for her husband Lloyd, the Hollywood actor who has captured audiences for decades. Year after year, through five decades of marriage, she pours her heart onto the page. When Lloyd dies in 1999, Dorothy faces an empty house and a silent February 14th. But she picks up her pen again, writing now from memory and grief rather than daily presence. Her famous children Jeff, Beau, and Lucinda share their own memories of growing up in this legendary Hollywood family, revealing the private moments behind the public fame. Through Dorothy's verses and her children's stories, the book traces a marriage that survived the pressures of celebrity and the passage of time. This intimate portrait shows how love persists even after death, transformed but unbroken.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, biography-memoir, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Hollywood
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
160 pages · Paperback · UNKNO