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Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit: A Son Remembers (Hardcover)

by Sean Hepburn Ferrer (Author) "I am writing this preface almost nine years after Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston left us ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Atria; illustrated edition edition (Oct 28 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0671024787
ISBN-13: 978-0671024789
Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 20.3 x 1.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 1 Kg

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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Hepburn's son (with actor Mel Ferrer) shows his mother as a compassionate, emotional woman who searched for and offered love above all. He traces the roots of his mother's longing in her experiences with her distant father and the destruction of her native Belgium during WWII. Via photos and stories, he notes how Hepburn (1929-1993) aimed to live an everyday family life of home, school and holidays. Rendering her husbands respectfully and without off-color stories, Ferrer doesn't offer lascivious behind-the-scenes dramas or quips about directorial injustices. Instead, he lets designers and composers who worked with Hepburn talk about the actor's inimitable talents. Composer Henry Mancini believes her "quality of wistfulness" inspired the songs he wrote for her, especially Breakfast at Tiffany's "Moon River." Designer Cecil Beaton calls her an "authentic existential Galatea" with a voice containing the "quality of heartbreak." Ferrer also details Hepburn's influential friendship with clothing designer Hubert de Givenchy, including the dressmaker's generosity in Hepburn's final days. Directors William Wyler and Billy Wilder also appear, as do actors Gary Cooper and Fred Astaire (the latter was Hepburn's co-star in her favorite movie, Funny Face). Movie-related photos abound, but the most memorable images are of Hepburn's family and the children she met in her work with UNICEF. Her 1989 speech to members of the United Nations staff on the millions of dying children in developing countries concludes the book. What began as a son's remembrance and selective movie survey becomes a call to action. In this way, the work differs greatly from standard self-important star bios. 300 full-color and b&w photos.
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A family memoir.
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I am writing this preface almost nine years after Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston left us. Read the first page

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4.0 out of 5 stars elegant!, Oct 6 2009

By	Patricia Crowe "plc" (Ottawa, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

And elegant book about Audrey! The personal approach to how this book it put together almost reminds me of a scrapbook or a beautiful collage!
And it is put together by her son. A great book for all AH fans!
And great rare photos....I love the passport photos of all ages and era's!

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3.0 out of 5 stars I think this is a justified rating..., Jul 22 2008

By	G. Motychko "Miss Nay-Sayer" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit: A Son Remembers (Paperback)

Seeing that this book was my first Audrey Hepburn biography, I didn't know there was more informative biography's out there. I mean, the pictures were beautiful, but the thing is, I think Sean had the upper hand here because he was her son.

I guess that's what drew me to this book- I thought that because it was written by the a person that was so close to her, it would give a fan insight to a T. but now, most of it was just pictures- pictures that took up a whole page, or tiny ones with little captions that you could have surely fit some more writing in them.

Throughout reading this book, I felt as thought I was witnessing Audrey through a class case at a museum- you were only to know what the hoi polloi was learning. I guess that's the case, but I just wanted something a little more in-depth.

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5.0 out of 5 stars perfect!!!, Jun 20 2004

By	"ladybuggd" (USA) - See all my reviews

Describes Audrey exactly, puts into words how I feel watching her on screen. She was more than a great actress, she was a presence that touched you, and her elegance and grace was more than the outside, it was something that radiated from within, and her son does a fantastic job acknowledging that, helping us, her fans, understand a little better. I have been captivated by Ms. Hepburn my whole life, and have read almost everything out there but none of her biographies have touched me, and done real justice to her like this one. I feel this is the way Audrey would want to have been remembered, as if she were there as her son wrote it. My respect and admiration for Audrey Hepburn has increased dramactically through the reading of this book and I treat my loved ones better, and enjoy life more through her great wisdom and courage. I love this book! It has great pictures also and is a delightful read, he has real talent!! Thank you so much for writing this book and all the love that went into it!

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Elegant Spirit - indeed
Too bad there are not more people in the world like Audrey. There will never be another. The most beautiful women in the world, and the reason is because she was even more... Read more

Published on May 10 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars great book
This is a wonderfully and beautiful book. The photos are great. Audrey Hepburn's son writes a beautiful tribute to his mom. A very loving and well put together book .

Published on May 6 2004 by M. J Myles