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Jane Fonda’s autobiography surprised me more than perhaps any other book I have ever read or listened to.
Fonda has worked impressively hard to acquire the life wisdom that she shares so generously and goodhumoredly with the reader, and hearing one of the great actresses of our time tell her own story makes this audiobook as exquisitely pleasurable as a Broadway opening night.
The epigrams at the start of each chapter alone are invaluable, and the Hollywood stories are inherently fascinating, but what I loved most about My Life So Far was what I learned about myself. I came away from this book acutely and poignantly aware of the importance in life of fostering inner transformation in the way that Fonda has. I am simply a better human being for having listened to this incredible book.
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My Life So Far is a powerful account of an extraordinary woman. Oscar winner, controversial political activist, groundbreaking fitness guru, wife, mother, lover, philanthropist - just some of the roles Jane Fonda is known for. In this candid book, written by Fonda herself, there are messages for women of all ages as she holds a mirror up to her own life but lets us see ours reflected there. Now in her 60s, Jane Fonda looks back over a life in which she won Oscars for her roles in Klute and Coming Home and produced blockbuster hits Nine to Five and…