Mia farrow biography book

  • In an exquisitely written memoir, Mia Farrow introduces us to the landscapes of her extraordinary life.
  • In an exquisitely written memoir, Mia Farrow introduces us to the landscapes of her extraordinary life.
  • Maria de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow is an American actress.

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    What Falls Away - by MIA Farrow (Paperback)



    About the Book



    A memoir in which actress Mia Farrow reviews her life, discussing the tensions and troubles that lurked beneath the surface of her idyllic childhood, her bout with polio, her Hollywood career, her marriages and children, and her relationship with Woody Allen.

    Book Synopsis



    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A simply elegant memoir."--NewsweekIn this exquisitely written memoir, Mia Farrow takes us on a journey into her remarkable life. As the daughter of actress Maureen O'Sullivan and film director John Farrow, she lived what was by all appearances a charmed and privileged childhood. But below the surface, money troubles, marital tensions, drinking, and occasionally violence marred the Hollywood illusion. And when Mia was nine, she would be forever wrenched from childhood by the terrible isolation of a bout with polio. Her father's death propelled her out into the world, where she embarked onto an acting ca

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    Book Reviews of What Falls Away - A Memoir

    I know that most people buy this book to read the nitty-gritty, salacious details of Mia's tragic relationship with Woody Allen, but that is not the reason this book seemed to call out to me. I was curious about Maureen O'Sullivan, one of my favorite old actresses (and the best Jane to grace the silver screen), and Mia's mother, as well as Mia's time with Frank Sinatra.

    Quite before it got to the Woody section that completed the book, I learned many facts I was surprised to find out. I had assumed Maureen quit the Tarzan pictures to work closer to home and be with her children (and SEVEN of them at that!), but, as it turned out, she merely didn't enjoy her time, which is a bit disappointing, but understandable. I find it hilarious that the monkeys felt territorial over Johnny Weissmuller and felt her an encroacher, so she called them "jealous homosexuals", and referred to Cheetah himself as "that little bastard". The "mar

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    What Falls Away: A Memoir

    In an exquisitely written memoir, Mia Farrow introduces us to the landscapes of her extraordinary life. Moving from her earliest memories of the walled gardens and rocky shores of western Ireland and her Hollywood childhood to her career as an actress, she writes of these experiences and her struggle to skydda her children in a painful custody battle with Woody Allen. It was this crisis that led her to reflect upon the incidents that had brought her to a place so incomprehensible. Now, in "What Falls Away, a memoir resonant not only in its honesty but also in its beautifully crafted prose, Mia Farrow speaks for the first time.
    She was born the third of seven children to the beautiful actress Maureen O'Sullivan and successful writer/director John Farrow, but the isolation of a polio ward brought her childhood to an abrupt end at the age of nine. Several years later, two deaths shattered the säkerhet of the family alltid, and Mia Farrow embarked up