Barbra Streisand’s very lengthy and really long-awaited memoir, a mission she has talked about for years, is popping out this fall. Viking, a Penguin Random House imprint, will launch “My Name is Barbra” on Nov 7.
Her memoir, becoming for a celebrity of the grandest ambitions, is listed at 1,040 pages.
“The book is, like Barbra herself, frank, funny, opinionated, and charming,” in keeping with the writer. “She recounts her early struggles to become an actress, eventually turning to singing to earn a living; the recording of some of her acclaimed albums; the years of effort involved in making ‘Yentl’; her direction of ‘The Prince of Tides’; her friendships with figures ranging from Marlon Brando to Madeleine Albright; her political advocacy; and the fulfillment she’s found in her marriage to James Brolin.”
“My Name Is Barbra” is also the title of a 1965 Streisand album and tv particular.
Publishers have sought a Streisand memoir for many years, with the singer telling Jimmy Fallon in 2021 that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis requested her to put in writing one within the early Nineteen Eighties, when the previous first woman was an editor at Doubleday. During an Associated Press interview in 2009, Streisand talked about that she had been writing chapters about her life, in longhand.
“I go back and forth,” Streisand mentioned on the time. “Do I really want to write about my life? Do I really want to relive my life? I’m not sure.”
The memoir was first introduced in 2015, and scheduled for 2 years later, though it didn’t have a title on the time. A reference to it on her site, posted in 2015, was later pulled.
Financial phrases for the memoir weren’t disclosed. Streisand was represented by Robert Barnett, the Washington lawyer whose different shoppers have ranged from Barack Obama to Elton John.
Streisand, 80 has lengthy been cautious of discussing her personal life, together with her relationships with actor Elliott Gould and producer Jon Peters. She has been married to Brolin since 1998.
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