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Kathleen Turner rose to fame with Body Heat", won two Golden Globes for Romancing The Stone" and Prizzi's Honour", and was Oscar nominated for her role in Peggy Sue Got Married". Her theatre credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and The Graduate".

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There seem to be two types of celebrity memoirs: the juicy, tell-all variety (e.g., Rosie O'Donnell's Celebrity Detox) and the ones that are meant to impart wisdom (e.g., Kirk Douglas's Let's Face It). Turner's is the latter. Though she talks about her life growing up around the world and her struggles as an actress, her memoir is much more about what she has learned from life. And what the reader discovers is that Turner has, euphemistically speaking, a healthy ego about her looks and talent; that she struggled valiantly and silently against intense rheumatoid arthritis; that she thinks it's important for a woman to have a good voice (literally); and that she fervently believes in the importance of service and activism. She is one strong woman and likable in her confidence, and for celebrity bio lovers who are looking for the gossip, she does share some fun tidbits about her films: she didn't like working with Nicolas Cage in Peggy Sue Got Married, and she and Burt Reynolds are "sworn enemies." For all public libraries.--Rosellen Brewer, Sno-Isle Libs., Marysville, WA Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

Turner has starred in films as diverse as Body Heat and Romancing the Stone; she's had rave reviews for her stage performances in The Graduate and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Now Turner, with the aid of Gloria Feldt, bares her heart to readers in an upbeat account of her life and work. Turner discovered the theater when she was a teenager living with her Foreign Service family in London; from then on, she took every opportunity to study acting and to perform. Eventually, she landed the steamy lead in Body Heat. Playing such a sexually voracious female role might have typecast her, so she followed it with a comedy, The Man with Two Brains. As she discusses the other acting roles she's chosen, she's emphatic that "the selection of material and characters I play reflects my values." She's also been deliberate in her offstage life-her decision to marry, to have a child and to divorce. With great candor, she details some of her worst struggles, battling both rheumatoid arthritis and alcohol. In the end, she's realized it comes down to "taking the lead role" in her own life. While she may indulge in swear words a bit much for some readers, Turner's vision of life's many possibilities-even as she gets older-is surely inspiring. (Mar.) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

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