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Me: Stories of My Life Hardcover – September 1, 1991

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YA-- Katherine Hepburn is, at 84, still the positive, feisty, upper-class lady she portrayed in The Philadelphia Story . Her autobiography, clearly not ghostwritten, tells some stories of her life but not all--she comes from a class that didn't let it all hang out. Her 27-year affair with Spencer Tracy is discussed with fond memories (the years together were to her ``absolute bliss'')--the idea that it was scandalous at the time doesn't seem to cross her mind, and she is surprised to find that Tracy's wife thought the affair was only a rumor. She seems to remember almost everyone fondly--her wonderful parents; her loving, supportive husband, whom she admits she treated badly; the numerous beaus, directors, and fellow actors with whom she worked. More than 160 black-and-white photos lend credibility to her enduring beauty, but it's the somewhat breathless, positive prose that makes Hepburn come alive as herself or as she wishes to be seen--an uncomplaining, stalwart, lucky, admired, and ``classy'' lady. --Diana C. Hirsch, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, MD
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beloved by movie audiences for over sixty years, four-time Academy Award-winner Katharine Hepburn is an American classic. Now Miss Hepburn breaks her long-kept silence about her private life in this absorbing and provocative memoir.

A NEW YORK TIMES Notable Book of the Year

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf; First Edition (September 1, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 420 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0679400516
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679400516
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.85 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 1.75 x 9.75 inches

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foothills

I love Kathern Hepburn have not read this yet but will this summer

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2024

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Joanna D.

A bit like listening to the great Katherine

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2014

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Katherine Hepburn was (at least for our generation and our parent's) one of the iconic actresses, one of the greats. She had her own style, popularlizing wearing pants, for example, had a scandalous (at that time) long-term relationship with the married Spencer Tracy and made some classic and great films. (My fave happens to be "Lion in Winter. But of course, there are so many better ones.)

This autobiography is episodic and a bit like listening to her abrupt and pointed style of talking. What's interesting especially is reading about her family. There were tragedies, a lot fun, too. She was athletic and strong, a trait that stood her in good stead for a long, productive life. She was always opinionated and headstrong, and for a long time, box-office poison due to a notable film failure. She covers this failure with a good, clear-eyed look at what went wrong.

If you love classic film, and the great actresses like Bette Davis, Vanessa Redgrave and Hepburn, you'll enjoy reading this bio.

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Whitney Moore

I'm Glad I Read It

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2017

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I was feeling disappointed and slightly annoyed by the posh-era superficiality of this book, and then, suddenly, Hepburn would share something basso profundo. One example: her description of scouting locations in the north of Wales with George Cukor, where they apparently visited the mines. She writes that, “As we were leaving to go back up, we heard a beautiful tenor voice start a song. Then others gradually joined in. Down so far under the earth. We were told that many of their songs were hymns. Can you wonder? It was, in a curious way, both moving and eerie. It was so beautiful – the sound. Reaching through the shaft.”

Another example, something she learned after an arduous day of gardening: “Don’t drown the plant—just give it a chance to absorb all it can. Roots are like us—they can’t be forced—they must be made to work for their own.” To which she added that, for herself, it was a bit late, “but profit by this…. Get those weeds out. And plant carefully.”

There were portions like that, but few and far between. Mostly (to me, at least), this book read like a laundry list: names, places, performances. She could be amusing, as with her contention that “Spencer Tracy was like a baked potato…. because he was very basic as an actor. He was there -- skins and all—in his performances. He was cooked and ready to eat.”

The rest of the pages sounded (to me) more like dictation than writing, and most of them fell short in the Feelings Department. Except when it came to Spencer Tracy, with whom she lived for twenty-seven years. She had regrets about the fact that he was a married man. “I was complacent. I didn’t push for action. I just left it up to him. And he was paralyzed.” She writes about this incompletion and says of his abandoned wife, “Sad. “I’m sure that it was all a great burden to her also…. Traveling down a road which really didn’t exist… a mistake sitting right on your lap for life.” She says, “I like life and I’ve been so lucky… I don’t lock doors. I don’t hold grudges. Really the only thing I’m not mad about is wind. I find it disturbing. I mean wind in the heavens.”

There was one very irritating duplication of text starting on page 340 that hip-checked some of her memories of north Wales. I blame editors for errors like that. But, overall, I am glad to have read this book. It leads me to say of Hepburn what she herself wrote about someone else: “I liked her. She was sweet. She surmounted trouble.”

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A woman to be admired and cherished...from author of EXPLOSION IN PARIS...

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2010

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I loved the chat with the wonderful,down-to-earth Katharine Hepburn. I loved the chance to get to know the REAL WOMAN. She was a real human being, one you'd be honored to call "friend". I really enjoyed this most memorable memoir. I actually read it a while ago and have bought other biographies of her since. This was special, in her words, her private memories, NOT written by someone else to add the possibility of mistakes, enhancing, and probably untruths. Katharine Hepburn was one of the greats, one who truly MADE A DIFFERENCE. What a life! I've watched all of her movies more than a few times. One I've watched even more than the rest was GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER with Sidney Poitier, (another autobiography, THE MEASURE OF A MAN, that SHOULD NOT BE MISSED!), and Spencer Tracy. Spence was very ill making movie and died shortly after it was finished, hence the real tears in Kate's eyes in the movie. The intelligent, meaningful, thought-provoking dialogue in that movie can't be measured up to! The atmosphere leaves you with such a sense of well-being and dignity. Kate's essence led the way for women to WANT to be independent, classy, dignified and down-to-earth at the same time. She was a ONE-OF-A-KIND, for sure, a woman to be admired and cherished!

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"Me" is exactly what it sound like. This is a very honest and open look ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2014

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"Me" is exactly what it sound like. This is a very honest and open look at the background behind the Katharine Hepburn we came to love in the movies. The reader is allowed to follow along as she grows up with her very forward looking (for the time period) family. I would have loved to be a neighbor and have access to the Hepburn home. I am not sure I would have wanted to go home at the end of the day. If you are looking for a good book, on any day of the year, be sure to add this one to your collection. The pictures that are scattered throughout the book really give you a great idea about Katharine's family and the houses they lived in. Thank you Katharine for allowing us this glimpse behind the curtain. I know I will enjoy your performances even more now that I know more about you as a human being.

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Paola Zuffinetti

Self-portrait in words.

Reviewed in Italy on July 12, 2023

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I write it in English because the book is in English. I have read it in three days because I wasn't able to put it down for a long period, I felt drawn to it, well to HER. Actually, it's an autobiography about Katharine the actress, the daughter, the sister, the friend. It tells more about her friendship with Spencer Tracy than about her other "beaux". But if one wishes to know about her private, very private love life, one is in for disappointment. I wasn't curious about that; I've never wanted to peep into the very private area, so to speak, of another human being. I have no right to do so. And Katharine knew how much to tell of herself. I just wanted to have the human being, Ms Hepburn's view of everyday life and her job as an actress, her movies, the people she worked with. And I have found what I needed: a woman who faced life with enormous determination, courage, incredible energy. And the way SHE can delineate a moment, a situation, an event with very few, and carefully chosen, words is just admirable: pure poetry! I particularly enjoyed reading about her travelling in Italy and how she was able to make herself understood in a foreign land. This book is a lesson in life.

Vince

Nice read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2024

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ZHANG Y.

no fun, no depth, nothing learned at all. i do not recommend it.

Reviewed in France on June 12, 2021

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no fun, no depth, nothing learned at all. i do not recommend it.